Pennsylvania Code
Pennsylvania Code & Bulletin
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

• No statutes or acts will be found at this website.

The Pennsylvania Bulletin website includes the following: Rulemakings by State agencies; Proposed Rulemakings by State agencies; State agency notices; the Governor’s Proclamations and Executive Orders; Actions by the General Assembly; and Statewide and local court rules.

PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-2014

THE COURTS

PIKE COUNTY

Promulgation of Local Rule L.Civ.P. 230.2; No. 1310-2006-Civil

[36 Pa.B. 6284]
[Saturday, October 14, 2006]

Order

   And now, this 25th day of September, 2006, the Court Orders the following:

   1.  Local Rule of Civil Procedure 230.2 is hereby adopted effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

   2.  Local Rule of Judicial Administration 1901 as it existed prior to the adoption of Local Rule 230.2 is hereby repealed on the effective date of Local Rule 230.2.

   3.  The Court Administrator of the 60th Judicial District is hereby Ordered to do the following:

   a.  File seven (7) certified copies of this Order and the pertinent Rules with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts;

   b.  File two (2) certified copies and a computer diskette containing this Order and the pertinent Rule with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

   c.  File one (1) certified copy of this Order and the pertinent Rule with the Civil Procedural Committee;

   d.  Provide one (1) copy of this order and the Local Rule to each member of the Pike County Bar Association who maintain an active practice in Pike County; and

   e.  Keep continuously available for public inspection, copies of this Order and the Local Rules.

By the Court

JOSEPH F. KAMEEN,   
President Judge

Local Rule 230.2--Termination of Inactive Cases

   (a)  At the direction of the Court Administrator, the Prothonotary shall create a list of all civil matters in which no steps or proceedings have been taken for two years or more prior thereto. Upon creation of the list the Court Administrator shall serve notice to counsel of record and to the parties for whom no appearance has been entered, as provided by Pa.R.C.P. 230.2 (2).

   (b)  Parties receiving notice of the proposed termination of their case, as described in paragraph (a) may file a Statement of Intention to Proceed. The Statement of Intention to Proceed shall be filed with the Prothonotary within sixty (60) days from the date the Notice of Proposed Termination is filed. A copy of the Statement of Intention to Proceed shall be served upon the Court Administrator and the opposing party, or counsel, if represented.

   (c)  If no Statement of Intention to Proceed is filed within sixty (60) days of the Notice of Proposed Termination, the Prothonotary shall enter an order as of course, terminating the matter with prejudice for failure to prosecute.

   (d)  The Statement of Intention to Proceed shall be in the following form:

(Caption)

Statement of Intention to Proceed

To the Court:

It is hereby certified that, __________intends to proceed with the above captioned matter.

Date: ______      __________               Attorney for:

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-2014. Filed for public inspection October 13, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]


No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.

This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Bulletin full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.