THE COURTS
Title 252—ALLEGHENY COUNTY RULES
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Local Rule of Judicial Administration 1901—Prompt Disposition of Matters; Termination of Inactive Cases—Civil Division Matters Only; Administrative Doc. No. AD-2015-74-PJ
[45 Pa.B. 2464]
[Saturday, May 23, 2015]
Order of Court And Now, this 9th day of March, 2015, it is hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, adopted the following Local Rule of Judicial Administration 1901—Prompt Disposition of Matters; Termination of Inactive Cases—Civil Division Matters Only, and shall become effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
By the Court
JEFFREY A. MANNING,
President JudgeLocal Rule of Judicial Administration 1901. Prompt Disposition of Matters; Termination of Inactive Cases—Civil Division Matters Only.
And Now, pursuant to the suspension of Pa.R.C.P. 230.2 by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as of April 23, 2014, the Civil Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County employs Rule 1901 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration and this local rule of Judicial Administration to terminate on this Court's docket stale claims which appear to have been abandoned or resolved by the parties without notice to the Court.
1. At the direction of the District Court Administrator, the Department of Court Records (DCR) shall prepare lists of civil matters that have been dormant for more than two (2) years beginning with the oldest filings.
2. Notice of the proposed termination of these cases shall be published in the Pittsburgh Legal Journal. Case listings shall be available at the websites of the Department of Court Records—Civil/Family Division (http://dcr.alleghenycounty.us) and the Fifth Judicial District (www.alleghenycourts.us). Further, copies of the lists shall be made available for inspection at the DCR—Civil/Family Division, City-County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 and Court Administration, 300 Frick Building, 437 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
3. If no action is taken or no written objection is docketed as to any listed case within thirty (30) days after notice is published, all identified cases will be administratively terminated by order of court and so reflected on the docket.
4. All matters so terminated may not be reinstated except upon written motion to the Calendar Control Judge.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-946. Filed for public inspection May 22, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]
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