Claim for Exemption from Docket

Management Program by Reason of Bank- ruptcy (Amended June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003.) When a claim for an exemption from the docket management program by reason of bankruptcy is filed, it shall be accompanied by an affidavit set- ting forth the date the bankruptcy petition was filed, the district of the bankruptcy court in which it was filed and the address, the name of the bankruptcy debtor and the number of the bank- ruptcy case and shall be sworn to by the party claiming the exemption or that party’s attorney. An updated affidavit shall be filed every six months by that claimant. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 250B.) (Amended June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003.) 243 (a) If a party shall fail to prosecute an action with reasonable diligence, the judicial authority may, after hearing, on motion by any party to the action pursuant to Section 11-1, or on its own motion, render a judgment dismissing the action with costs. At least two weeks’ notice shall be required except in cases appearing on an assign- ment list for final adjudication. Judgment files shall not be drawn except where an appeal is taken or where any party so requests. (b) If a case appears on a docket management calendar pursuant to the docket management pro- gram administered under the direction of the chief court administrator, and a motion for default for failure to plead is filed pursuant to Section 10-18, only those papers which close the pleadings by joining issues, or raise a special defense, may be filed by any party, unless the judicial authority otherwise orders. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 251.) (Amended June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003; amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012.)