THE COURTS
Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES
MONROE COUNTY
Local Rule of Judicial Administration 5103 Amended; 5 CV 2024
[54 Pa.B. 8068]
[Saturday, December 14, 2024]
Order And Now, this 26th day of November, 2024, it is Ordered that Monroe County Rule of Judicial Administration 5103 (Monroe Co.R.J.A. 5103) is amended as indicated in the following document, effective July 1, 2025, and no less than thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
It Is Further Ordered that the District Court Administrator shall:
1. File one (1) electronic copy of these Rules with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts via email to adminrules@pacourts.us.
2. File one (a) paper copy of this Order and Rules with the Legislative Reference Bureau and one (1) electronic copy in Microsoft Word format only via email to bulletin@palrb.us for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
3. Arrange to have these Rules published on the Monroe County Bar Association website at www.monroebar.org.
4. Arrange to have these Rules, as well as all local rules, published on the 43rd Judicial District website at www.monroepacourts.us.
5. Keep these Rules, as well as all local rules of this Court, continuously available for public inspection and copying in the respective Monroe County filing office
a. Upon request and payment of reasonable cost of reproduction and mailing, the respective filing office shall furnish to any person a copy of any local rule.
By the Court
MARGHERITA PATTI-WORTHINGTON,
President Judge
LOCAL RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
43RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MONROE COUNTY Rule 5103. Custody of Exhibits. Special Provisions.
(a)—(d) Reserved.
(e) Use of Digital Media. The Proponent of any exhibit shall ensure such exhibit, or photographic substitution thereof, is submitted to the Court Reporter/Recorder/Monitor on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive (or other storage device if expressly approved by the Court), [which shall contain an index of all exhibits on said device, in one of the following acceptable formats] which shall comply with all of the following:
(1) The maximum file size of any individual file on a USB flash drive shall be 50 MB.
(2) Each separately numbered exhibit must be saved as a separate file on the Proponent's USB flash drive. All files shall be named in accordance with the following naming convention: ''[Case Name] [Docket Number] [Proponent Title] Exhibit [#]''.
(3) If one exhibit will exceed the maximum file size, it must be split into as many parts as are necessary to comply with the maximum file size and named in the following, or a substantially similar, format: [Case Name] [Docket Number] [Proponent Title] Exhibit [#] Part 1 of [total # parts],'' and so on.
(4) Each USB flash drive shall contain an additional file labeled ''[Case Name] [Docket Number] [Proponent Title] Index of Exhibits'' which shall list all exhibits offered into evidence by the Proponent, and associated information, in the format provided for by the Index of Exhibit Template in Monroe Co. R.J.A. 5102(b)(2).
(5) For documents and photographs, all files shall be in PDF-A format;
(6) For audio, all files shall be in .mp3 format;
(7) For video, all files shall be in .mp4 format or, in the event that a Proponent receives from a third party a video file that is not convertible (e.g. Motor Vehicle Recordings (''MVRs'')), the Proponent shall include on the USB with the video file, the appropriate software required to view the video.
(8) If any exhibit requires a Confidential Information or Confidential Document Form pursuant to the Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, the Proponent shall ensure the first page of any exhibit file is the appropriate form. For any video or audio exhibit that requires a Confidential Information Form, the Proponent shall include on the Storage Device with the video or audio file a PDF-A file containing the appropriate form.
i. All files associated with one of these forms must include in the file name the word ''CONFIDENTIAL.''
Comment: [This provision shall be phased in over time but no later than July 1, 2025 to enable counsel to meet the requirements of this provision] As of July 1, 2025, compliance with this Rule will be mandatory for all exhibit submissions.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-1771. Filed for public inspection December 13, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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