The office of Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow, who endorsed a candidate running in the same election as Joliet City Council member Juan Moreno, has filed a lawsuit to remove Moreno from office based on residency issues.

The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday, and it is known as a “quo warranto” complaint, which is Latin for “by what warrant” and it is used to challenge a person’s right to hold public office, according to the Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute.

The lawsuit from Glasgow’s office claims Moreno filed a “false statement of candidacy regarding his qualifications” and he was not a resident of Joliet for a year before the April 1, 2025, election, as required under state law.

Moreno has not yet responded to an email or call regarding the lawsuit.

The lawsuit seeks a Will County judge to declare Moreno “not eligible to hold the seat” on the Joliet City Council “due to his non-residency.”

The lawsuit alleged Moreno was living in the 800 block of Baskin Drive, which is in Troy Township and outside city limits, when he cast his March 19, 2024, primary election ballot as a resident of that address.

But then on Aug. 28, 2024, about seven months before the 2025 city election, Moreno changed his driver’s license address to the 3900 block of Jonathan Simpson Drive, which is within city limits, the lawsuit alleged.

Under the Illinois Municipal Code, a person is not eligible to take an oath of office for a municipal office unless they have resided in the municipality for at least one year preceding the election, the lawsuit said.

On Nov. 13, 2024, Moreno filed a statement of candidacy saying he was legally qualified to hold office at the time, the lawsuit alleged.

The lawsuit includes an affidavit from Will County Treasurer Tim Brophy’s Office stating that it does not distribute tax dollars to Joliet on behalf of the Baskin Drive property.

With 4,755 votes across Will and Kendall counties, Moreno was the second-highest vote-getter when he won a citywide seat on the Joliet City Council for the April 1, 2025, election.

It was Moreno’s first run for public office, and he was competing in an election that had four other candidates and two write-in candidates.

Glasgow endorsed Damon Zdunich, who had also been endorsed by Joliet Mayor Terry D’Arcy, when Zdunich ran in the April 1, 2025, election.

In a statement on March 30, Zdunich’s Facebook page for his campaign said, “Joliet City Council candidate Damon Zdunich’s stand on safer streets and community policing gets the endorsement of Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow.”

Zdunich lost the April 1, 2025, election, along with candidate Glenda Wright-McCullim and write-in candidates Jim Lanham and Larry Crawford.

When asked whether there is a conflict, Will County Assistant State’s Attorney Laura Byrne said the complaint for quo warranto “simply challenges one’s legal authority to hold office independent of any other considerations and the application of the statute to Moreno is specific to him and there is absolutely no conflict.”

Glasgow’s candidate committee, Glasgow for Will County, was listed as one of the top 25 donors for Zdunich’s candidate committee, Zdunich for Joliet, according to Illinois Sunshine.