Title 255--LOCAL
COURT RULESBEDFORD COUNTY Local Rule Relating to Continuances; MPY Doc. No. 60115 for 2008 [38 Pa.B. 3240]
[Saturday, June 14, 2008]Order And Now, this 19th day of May, 2008, the Court hereby amends Local Rule of Court relating to continuances, Rule L 216, for Bedford County, comprising the 57th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
By the Court,
DANIEL LEE HOWSARE,
President JudgeCONTINUANCES Rule L 216.
Except as hereinafter set forth, all motions requesting the continuance of any matter pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford County shall be in writing setting forth the reason for the continuance and whether the opposing party or parties consent to the request. All such continuance motions shall be presented to the Court Administrator who shall present them to the judge hearing the case for disposition.
No request for continuance presented to the Court Administrator less than 48 hours before the time scheduled for the hearing of the matter in question will be granted, unless for good cause shown. Except for extraordinary circumstances, continuances will not be granted because of previously scheduled depositions, district justice hearings, or other like matters. In the event the request for continuance concerns a conflict with a matter scheduled in another court of common pleas, the request shall state which matter was scheduled first. Motions for continuance will be granted when a conflict arises with a state appellate or federal court.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-1092. Filed for public inspection June 13, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]
