1428 Governing location of filing civil petitions, motions and courtroom assignments; revised consolidation motion practices; assignment of petitions and motions to judges and adoption of revised motion court cover sheet; administrative docket no. 5 ...

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

Governing Location of Filing Civil Petitions, Motions and Courtroom Assignments; Revised Consolidation Motion Practices; Assignment of Petitions and Motions to Judges and Adoption of Revised Motion Court Cover Sheet; Administrative Doc. No. 5 of 2005

[35 Pa.B. 4182]

   And Now, this 12th day of July, 2005, it is hereby Ordered and Decreed that Administrative Docket No. 03 of 1996 is Revised as follows:

   A.  Filing Location and Courtroom Assignments

   1.  All Petitions and Motions other than Discovery Motions shall be filed in the Office of Civil Administration, Room 296, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

   2.  All Motion Court proceedings shall be conducted in Courtroom 426, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

   3.  All Discovery Motions shall be filed in Room 287, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

   4.  All Discovery Court proceedings shall be conducted in Courtroom 285, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107, unless otherwise designated by a Judicial Team Leader.

   B.  Revised Consolidation Motion Practices

   1.  All Motions to Consolidate will be processed through normal Civil Motions Program procedures. These matters will no longer be subject to alternate motion procedures. Stipulations to Consolidate will no longer be accepted.

   2.  All Motions to Consolidate must contain the following information:

   a.)  The program designation of each of the cases (i.e., Arbitration, Arbitration Appeal, Non-Jury, Mass Tort, Day Forward 2001 and Back, Day Forward 2002, Day Forward 2003, Day Forward 2004, or Day Forward 2005)

   b.)  The next scheduled action and date of that action for each of the cases

   c.)  Whether the cases are subject to a Case Management Order (if so, a copy of the order(s) must be attached)

   d.)  The name of the Judicial Team Leader

   e.)  Whether there is any opposition (upon inquiry of all counsel)

   3.  Motions to Consolidate will be assigned as follows:

   a.)  Where the consolidation involves a Major Jury case, the Motion will be assigned to the Team Leader of the most recently filed Major Jury case.

   The current Team Leaders of Major Jury cases are:

Cases filed in 2005--Judge Jacqueline F. Allen
Cases filed in 2004--Judge Arnold L. New
Cases filed in 2003--Judge Sandra Mazer Moss
Cases filed in 2002--Judge Allan L. Tereshko
Cases filed in 2001 and Back--Judge Sandra Mazer Moss

   b.)  Where the consolidation does not involve any Major Jury cases but does involve Non-Jury, Arbitration Appeal, or Mass Tort cases, the motion will be assigned to the Coordinating Judge of the Complex Litigation Center. The current Coordinating Judge of the Complex Litigation Center is Judge Norman Ackerman.

   c.)  Where the consolidation involves a Commerce case, the motion will be assigned to the respective Commerce Judge. The current Commerce Judges are:

Judge Albert W. Sheppard, Jr.
Judge C. Darnell Jones, II
Judge Howland W. Abramson

   d.)  Where the consolidation involves only Arbitration cases, the motion will be assigned to the presiding Civil Motions Judges. The current presiding Civil Motions Judges are Judge Gary S. Glazer and Judge Joseph A. Dych.

   C.  Assignment of Petitions and Motions to Judges

   Motions and Petitions shall be assigned according to the Motion Assignment Matrix, a copy of which is attached as Appendix A. This Matrix, which may be amended from time to time without the need for issuance of an Amended Administrative Order or publication, will be available from the Civil Motions Program, or in the Forms section of the First Judicial District's Website (http://courts.phila.gov).

   D.  Revised Motion Court Cover Sheet

   All Motions and Petitions shall be accompanied by a Motion Cover Sheet in the form in Appendix B. The Motion Cover Sheet, which may be amended from time to time without the need for issuance of an Amended Administrative Order or publication, will be available from the Civil Motions Program, or in the Forms section of the First Judicial District's Website (http://courts.phila.gov).

   At his discretion the Administrative Judge or his designee, the Supervising Judge-Civil, may entertain, assign, or reassign any motion or petition.

By the Court

JAMES J. FITZGERALD, III,   
Administrative Judge

   This Administrative Docket is promulgated in accordance with the April 11, 1987 Order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District, No. 55, Judicial Administration, Docket No. 1, Phila. Civ. *51 and Pa.R.C.P. 239, and shall become effective immediately. As required by Pa.R.C.P. 239, the original Administrative Docket shall be filed with the Prothonotary in a docket maintained for Administrative Dockets issued by the Administrative Judge of the Trial Division and copies shall be submitted to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, the Legislative Reference Bureau and the Civil Procedural Rules Committee. Copies of the Administrative Docket shall also be submitted to American Lawyer Media, The Legal Intelligencer, Jenkins Memorial Law Library and the Law Library for the First Judicial District.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-1428. Filed for public inspection July 29, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]