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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 24-496

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

WESTMORELAND COUNTY

Reassignment of Recusals in Criminal Court; No. 3 of 2024

[54 Pa.B. 1952]
[Saturday, April 13, 2024]

Administrative Order of Court

 And Now, to wit, this 27th day of March, 2024, in order to alleviate the heavy burden being placed upon Judge Krieger as a result of Judge Mears' conflicts and recusals resulting from his hiring of Amanda Rubin, Esquire, a former Assistant District Attorney, commencing Monday, April 1, 2024, any case which a judge who is obligated to recuse from shall be placed upon the wheel, said wheel containing the names of all four criminal court judges. The first case requiring reassignment occurring on or after April 1, 2024, shall be assigned to the next judge on the wheel, starting with Judge Feliciani and thereafter, in the following order and repeating in similar fashion:

 Judge Krieger

 Judge Bilik-DeFazio

 Judge Mears

 This procedure shall alternate as needed until March 31, 2025 at which time the manner in which recusals are reassigned, shall return to the standard procedure currently in effect.

By the Court

CHRISTOPHER A. FELICIANI, 
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-496. Filed for public inspection April 12, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]


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