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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 23-37

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

Administrative Order 2022-20; Adoption of Local Rule N209. Miscellaneous Hearing and Non-Jury Trial Lists; No. C-48-CV-2022-9365

[53 Pa.B. 323]
[Saturday, January 14, 2023]

Administrative Order

 And Now, this 29th day of December, 2022, it is Ordered that Northampton County Local Rule N209 is Adopted, effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 It is further Ordered that the Court Administrator of Northampton County shall file: one (1) certified copy of the Order and Northampton County Rule N209 with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts; and two (2) certified copies with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. This Local Rule shall also be published on the Court's website and incorporated into the complete set of Northampton County Local Rules.

By the Court

MICHAEL J. KOURY, Jr., 
President Judge

Rule N209. Miscellaneous Hearing and Non-Jury Trial Lists.

 (a) Time Limits.

 1. Matters reasonably anticipated to require less than thirty (30) minutes may be placed onto a miscellaneous hearing list.

 2. Matters anticipated to require more than thirty (30) minutes shall be placed onto a non-jury trial list.

 (b) Procedure—Miscellaneous Hearings.

 1. Proceedings may be listed for a miscellaneous hearing either by filing an original and one copy of a praecipe with the clerk of court or by order of court.

 2. When proceedings are placed onto a miscellaneous hearing list by praecipe, notice thereof shall be given to opposing counsel and/or unrepresented parties at least seven (7) days prior to the date of the hearing.

 3. In lieu of a call of each miscellaneous hearing list, the President Judge will pre-assign the cases on each list to judges, and the attorneys and parties shall report directly to the assigned judge's courtroom at the scheduled date and time of the hearing.

 (c) Procedure—Non-Jury Trials.

 1. Proceedings may be listed for a non-jury trial list either by filing an original and one copy of a praecipe with the clerk of court or by order of court. The Court Administrator shall prepare a non-jury trial list of such cases. See N.C.R.Civ.P. No. N212A.

 2. When proceedings are placed onto a non-jury trial list by praecipe of counsel, notice thereof shall be given to opposing counsel and/or unrepresented parties at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of trial.

 3. In lieu of a call of each non-jury trial list, every attorney of record and unrepresented party shall send an email to Court Administration no later than the second Friday prior to the non-jury trial week, to the email address identified on the non-jury trial list, stating whether the matter is ready for trial and the approximate length of such trial. Failure to send the aforementioned email may result in the case being stricken and removed from the non-jury trial list. Thereafter, the President Judge will pre-assign the cases on each list to judges, and the attorneys and parties shall report directly to the assigned judge's courtroom at the scheduled date and time of the trial.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-37. Filed for public inspection January 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]


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