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When is an Illinois temporary-restraining-order review petition due?

Unless the Appellate Court orders another form or schedule, file the special temporary-restraining-order review petition with the Appellate Court within two days after actual entry or denial. File the circuit-court interlocutory notice within the same period. The petition requires an authenticated supporting record and proof of personal or email service. This is not the ordinary thirty-day appeal.

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Period: Two calendar days after established entry or denial, subject to actual court variations
Trigger: Actual entry or denial of the qualifying temporary-restraining-order decision
Rule: Illinois Supreme Court Rule 307(d)(1)

Illinois Supreme Court Rules

Current official individual rules, including Rule 9 amended May 29, 2026 and Rule 373 amended November 13, 2025

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Actual entry or denial of the qualifying temporary-restraining-order decision

Use only for the established Rule 307(d) petition without a different actual order. Identify the appealed or proposed order and every accompanying filing.

Entry rules and timing exceptions

2 days from Entry or denial of the temporary restraining order from which review is sought

Ill. S. Ct. R. 307(d)(1)Binding

Rule notes

Added on verification: this is the shortest period in Illinois civil appellate practice and it was missing from the catalog. TWO steps are required within the same two days: the petition in the Appellate Court AND a notice of interlocutory appeal in the circuit court. A supporting record and, if used, a memorandum (Rule 307(d)(2)) must also be filed within the two days. Illinois has no short-period rule, so intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are counted; only the last day can move under 5 ILCS 70/1.11.

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What starts this Illinois appellate period?

Establish the qualifying temporary-restraining-order decision.

Obtain actual entry or denial from the circuit record.

Check actual Appellate Court variations and assemble the required supporting materials.

Illinois Supreme Court Rule 307(d)(1)

How is this Illinois appellate period counted?

Establish the qualifying temporary-restraining-order decision.
Exclude the independently established triggering day and count intermediate calendar days under 5 ILCS 70/1.11. A filing, entry, effective service or previously established due date must come from its actual record. Do not substitute one event for another.
Check statutory holidays and the proper court’s actual calendar.
Complete the particular act in the proper court.

Section 1.11 excludes a final Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday and consecutive excluded days. Section 17(a) of the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act includes Pulaski Day, Good Friday and the general election for members of the House of Representatives. Check proclamations, the proper court’s actual calendar and clerk access separately. The bundled Illinois calendar covers 2026 and 2027.

5 ILCS 70/1.11

What do independently derived facts show?

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. The qualifying order is actually entered without an Appellate Court variation. The established event is August 2, 2027. No additional closure or different actual order applies.

Example counting steps
Step	What is counted	Date
Established event	Actual entry or denial of the qualifying temporary-restraining-order decision	August 2, 2027
Applicable period	Two calendar days after established entry or denial, subject to actual court variations	Wednesday, August 4, 2027

Example resultWednesday, August 4, 2027

Fictitious facts. The appeal classification and triggering event are independently established. No additional closure, court order or unmodeled restart is assumed.

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Which qualifications and court directions matter?

The record requires authentication and particular materials: Rule 307(d)(1) requires the specified notice, order or proposed order, complaint, requesting motion and necessary record matters, authenticated by clerk certificate or attorney or party affidavit.
The optional petitioner memorandum shares the short period: Rule 307(d)(2) permits a supporting memorandum of at most fifteen pages or four thousand five hundred words within its stated two-day period. It is separate from the required petition and supporting record.
Specified service cannot be replaced with ordinary mail: Rule 307(d)(1) requires proof of personal or email service. Establish actual completion of the prescribed service.
Replies, extensions and variations require actual orders: Rule 307(d)(3) permits neither replies nor time extensions except by court order. Paragraph (5) permits a different schedule, no memoranda or omission of other materials by actual Appellate Court order.

Illinois Supreme Court Rule 307(d)(1)

The calculator does not decide appealability, disputed facts, sufficiency of a filing or whether the court grants relief.
Check the governing edition and actual orders. A current rule does not establish every historical appeal’s timetable.

What must be filed, served and preserved?

Establish the qualifying temporary-restraining-order decision.
Obtain actual entry or denial from the circuit record.
Check actual Appellate Court variations and assemble the required supporting materials.
Rule 307(d)(1) requires the specified notice, order or proposed order, complaint, requesting motion and necessary record matters, authenticated by clerk certificate or attorney or party affidavit.
Rule 307(d)(2) permits a supporting memorandum of at most fifteen pages or four thousand five hundred words within its stated two-day period. It is separate from the required petition and supporting record.
Rule 307(d)(1) requires proof of personal or email service. Establish actual completion of the prescribed service.
Rule 307(d)(3) permits neither replies nor time extensions except by court order. Paragraph (5) permits a different schedule, no memoranda or omission of other materials by actual Appellate Court order.
File the petition and supporting record in the Appellate Court and the notice in the circuit court within the same period. State requested relief and grounds. Include the notice, order or proposed order, complaint, requesting motion and necessary supporting matters. Authenticate by circuit-clerk certificate or filing attorney’s or party’s affidavit. Include proof of personal or email service. Use the proper clerk and required filing format. Rule 9 ordinarily requires electronic filing in civil cases, subject to its exceptions and exemptions. Rule 9(f) ordinarily uses submission before midnight in the court time zone, unless a statute, rule or order sets a particular time. A submission when the clerk is closed is ordinarily stamped on the next open day. Current Rule 9(f) provides separate five-court-day motions for a rejected filing or qualifying technical failure; establish the actual notice, failure, corrected document and required proof. Rule 373 ordinarily uses actual receipt, with its mail or carrier exception limited to filings excepted or exempt from electronic filing. Its carrier branch requires delivery for receipt within three business days and Rule 12(b) proof. Filing and service remain separate acts.

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