THE COURTS
SUPREME COURT
Reestablishment of the Magisterial District within the 5th Judicial District of the Commonwealth; No. 192 Magisterial Doc. No. 1
[33 Pa.B. 342]
Order Per Curiam:
And Now, this 30th day of December, 2002, upon consideration of the Petition to Reestablish the Magisterial Districts of the 5th Judicial District (Allegheny County) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it is hereby Ordered and Decreed that the Petition, which provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 05-2-21, 05-2-22, 05-2-25, 05-2-43, and 05-3-12 within Allegheny County, to be effective January 6, 2003, Magisterial Districts 05-2-08, 05-2-09, 05-2-11, 05-2-14, 05-2-27, 05-2-31, 05-2-35 to be effective January 5, 2004, Magisterial Districts 05-3-05 and 05-3-09 to be effective January 1, 2005, Magisterial Districts 05-2-06, 05-2-03, 05-3-03, 05-3-14 to be effective January 2, 2006, and Magisterial District 05-2-20 to be effective January 7, 2008 is granted. It is further Ordered and Decreed that the Petition, which provides for the elimination of Magisterial District 05-3-11 effective January 6, 2003, the elimination of Magisterial Districts 05-2-29, and 05-2-37 effective January 5, 2004, the elimination of Magisterial District 05-3-07 effective January 1, 2005, the elimination of Magisterial Districts 05-3-15, 05-4-01, 05-4-02, and 05-3-15 to be effective January 2, 2006, and which provides for the elimination of Magisterial District 05-3-16, to be effective January 7, 2008 is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the addition of Magisterial District 05-2-47 within Allegheny County, to be effective, January 5, 2004, is granted. It is Further Ordered that the Petition, which also provides for the reestablishment of Magisterial Districts 05-2-01, 05-2-02, 05-2-04, 05-2-05, 05-2-07, 05-2-10, 05-2-12, 05-2-13, 05-2-15, 05-2-16, 05-2-17, 05-2-18, 05-2-19, 05-2-23, 05-2-26, 05-2-28, 05-2-32, 05-2-36, 05-2-38, 05-2-40, 05-2-42, 05-2-46, 05-3-02, 05-3-04, 05-3-06, 05-3-10, 05-3-13, and 05-3-17 within Allegheny County, as they currently exist, to be effective immediately, is granted. The newly created vacancy in Magisterial District 05-2-47 shall be filled in the municipal election of 2003.
Said Magisterial Districts shall be as follows:
Magisterial District 05-2-01 Ben Avon Borough District Justice Donald H. Presutti Ben Avon Heights Borough
Emsworth BoroughKilbuck Township Bellevue Borough Ohio Township Avalon Borough Magisterial District 05-2-02 Ross Township District Justice Mark B. Devlin West View Borough Magisterial District 05-2-03 Etna Borough District Justice to be determined Millvale Borough
Reserve TownshipShaler Township Magisterial District 05-2-04 Aspinwall Borough District Justice Elissa Lang Blawnox Borough Indiana Township Sharpsburg Borough Fox Chapel Borough O'Hara Township Magisterial District 05-2-05 Brackenridge Borough District Justice Carolyn S. Bengel Harrison Township
Fawn Township
Tarentum BoroughMagisterial District 05-2-06 Penn Hills Township District Justice Leonard J. Hromyak Verona Borough Magisterial District 05-2-07 Monroeville Borough District Justice Walter W. Luniewski Pitcairn Borough Magisterial District 05-2-08: Churchill Borough District Justice Susan Evashavik Forest Hills Borough
Wilkins TownshipEdgewood Borough Magisterial District 05-2-09 Braddock Hills Borough District Justice Ross C. Cioppa Braddock Borough
Swissvale BoroughRankin Borough Magisterial District 05-2-10 Wilkinsburg Borough District Justice Alberta Thompson Magisterial District 05-2-11 East McKeesport Borough District Justice Robert Barner Wall Borough
North Versailles Township
Wilmerding Borough
Trafford BoroughMagisterial District 05-2-12 Bradford Woods Borough District Justice William K. Wagner Franklin Park Borough
Marshall Township
McCandless TownshipMagisterial District 05-2-13 City of McKeesport District Justice Thomas S. Brletic Magisterial District 05-2-14 Dravosburg Borough District Justice Richard D Olasz, Jr. West Mifflin Borough
Whitaker BoroughMagisterial District 05-2-15 Homestead Borough District Justice Thomas Torkowsky Munhall Borough
West Homestead BoroughMagisterial District 05-2-16 Jefferson Hills Borough District Justice Mary Grace Boyle Pleasant Hills Borough
South Park TownshipMagisterial District 05-2-17 Baldwin Township District Justice David J. Barton Castle Shannon Borough
Whitehall BoroughMagisterial District 05-2-18 Baldwin Borough District Justice John N. Bova Brentwood Borough Magisterial District 05-2-19 Mt. Lebanon Township District Justice Vacant Dormont Borough Magisterial District 05-2-20 Bethel Park Borough District Justice to be determined Upper St. Clair Township Magisterial District 05-2-21 Bridgeville Borough District Justice Elaine M. McGraw Collier Township
South Fayette TownshipMagisterial District 05-2-22: Greentree Borough District Justice Gary M. Zyra Heidelberg Borough
Scott TownshipMagisterial District 05-2-23
District Justice Dennis R. JoyceCarnegie Borough
Crafton Borough
Ingram Borough
Rosslyn Farms Borough
Thornburg Borough
Pennsbury Village Borough
Magisterial District 05-2-25 Coraopolis Borough District Justice Shirley Rowe Trkula Crescent Township
Moon TownshipMagisterial District 05-2-26 Elizabeth Borough District Justice Ernest L. Marraccini Elizabeth Township
Forward TownshipWest Elizabeth Borough Magisterial District 05-2-27
District Justice Eileen ConroyCity of Pittsburgh Wards 4, 16 and 17 Magisterial District 05-2-28
District Justice Oscar J. Petite, Jr.City of Pittsburgh Wards 1, 2, 3 and 5 Magisterial District 05-2-31
District Justice Ron Costa, Sr.City of Pittsburgh Wards 8, 10 and 11 Magisterial District 05-2-32 Plum Borough District Justice Linda I. Zucco Magisterial District 05-2-35
District Justice Nathan N. FirestoneCity of Pittsburgh Ward 7 and 14 Magisterial District 05-2-36
District Justice James J. Hanely, Jr.City of Pittsburgh Wards 15 and 31 Magisterial District 05-2-38 City of Pittsburgh Ward 19 District Justice Charles A. McLaughlin Magisterial District 05-2-40
District Justice Cathleen Cawood BubashCity of Pittsburgh Wards 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25 Magisterial District 05-2-42
District Justice Robert P. Ravenstahl, Jr.City of Pittsburgh Wards 26 and 27 Magisterial District 05-2-43 Neville Township District Justice Carla Swearingen City of Pittsburgh Ward 28
Robinson TownshipMagisterial District 05-2-46 Pine Township District Justice Regis C. Welsh, Jr. Hampton Township
Richland TownshipMagisterial District 05-2-47 Chalfant Borough District Justice To Be Determined East Pittsburgh Borough
North Braddock BoroughTurtle Creek Borough City of Duquesne Magisterial District 05-3-02
District Justice James E. RussoAleppo Township
Bell Acres Borough
Edgeworth Borough
Glenfield Borough
Haysville Borough
Leet Township
Leetsdale Borough
Osborne Borough
Sewickley Borough
Sewickley Heights Borough
Sewickley Hills Borough
Magisterial District 05-3-03: Cheswick Borough District Justice David Sosovicka Harmar Township
Oakmont BoroughSpringdale Borough Springdale Township Magisterial District 05-3-04 East Deer Township District Justice Suzanne Blaschak Frazer Township
West Deer TownshipMagisterial District 05-3-05 Lincoln Borough District Justice Thomas G. Miller, Jr. South Versailles Township
Versailles BoroughWhite Oak Borough Magisterial District 05-3-06 McKees Rocks Borough District Justice Mary Ann Cercone Stowe Township
Kennedy TownshipMagisterial District 05-3-09 City of Clairton District Justice Armand Martin Glassport Borough
Liberty BoroughPort Vue Borough Magisterial District 05-3-10
District Justice Gene ZielmanskiCity of Pittsburgh Wards 6 and 9 Magisterial District 05-3-12
District Justice Kevin E. CooperCity of Pittsburgh Wards 12 and 13 Magisterial District 05-3-13 City of Pittsburgh Ward 20 District Justice Daniel R. Diven Magisterial District 05-3-14
District Justice Richard KingCity of Pittsburgh Wards 18, 29, 30 and 32
Mt. Oliver BoroughMagisterial District 05-3-17 Findlay Township District Justice Anthony W. Saveikis McDonald Borough (Allegheny County portion) North Fayette Township Oakdale Borough The portion of the Petition for Realignment filed by the President Judge of the Fifth Judicial District dated November 15, 2002 relating to the proposed Central Court and the evaluation of the current Pittsburgh Magistrates Court to gauge the feasibility of transitioning the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court into the statewide district justice system is hereby granted.
To maintain the effective administration of justice in the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court during the evaluation period, (1) Pittsburgh City Magistrates will continue to serve until the expiration of their current commissions; (2) all judicial appointments and reappointments to vacancies on the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court occurring on or after December 31st 2002 are hereby suspended effectively immediately; and, (3) the President Judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania will assign district justices to sit on the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court as necessary to maintain the ongoing operations of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court during the evaluation period.
The suspension of appointments to the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court will continue until further order of this Court.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-84. Filed for public inspection January 17, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
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