Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced that, effective today, March 3, 2015, the bond calls in the Circuit Court of Cook County’s five suburban courthouses will be held as follows:
| Misdemeanors | 10 a.m. |
| Felonies | 1:30 p.m. |
The suburban courthouses are as follows:
To ensure the orderly transition of the administration of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center from federal court oversight to the Office of the Chief Judge, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans today announced that he has appointed the Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on the Transition of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC).
Chief Judge Evans has asked the committee members to assist the JTDC’s new superintendent, Leonard Dixon, and the federal court’s transitional administrator, Earl Dunlap, in the transfer of authority.
The Circuit Court of Cook County’s Executive Committee today ordered the reassignment of Judge Beatriz Santiago from her current assignment after the Judicial Inquiry Board (JIB) filed a complaint against her on February 6, 2015, with the Illinois Courts Commission.
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced today that he has accepted the recommendation of a court advisory committee and selected Leonard Dixon as superintendent of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC). Leonard Dixon, a nationally recognized expert in juvenile detention who most recently served as the executive director for the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, Department of Children and Family Services in Detroit, Michigan, will start his new position as JTDC superintendent on February 9, 2015.
