THE COURTS

SUPREME COURT

Reestablishment of the Magisterial Districts within the 31st Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; No. 492 Magisterial Rules Docket

[52 Pa.B. 3821]
[Saturday, July 9, 2022]

Order

Per Curiam

 And Now, this 28th day of June 2022, upon consideration of the Petition to Reestablish the Magisterial Districts of the 31st Judicial District (Lehigh County) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it is hereby Ordered and Decreed that the Petition, which provides for the reestablishment of Magisterial Districts 31-1-02, 31-1-03, 31-1-05, 31-1-06, 31-1-07, 31-1-08, 31-2-02, and 31-3-01, within Lehigh County, to be effective immediately, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the elimination of Magisterial District 31-2-03, within Lehigh County, to be effective November 1, 2022, is granted; and that the Petition, which also provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 31-3-02 and 31-3-03, within Lehigh County, to be effective November 1, 2022, is also granted. It is further Ordered And Decreed that the Petition, which provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 31-1-01, 31-1-04, and 31-2-01, within Lehigh County, to be effective January 1, 2024, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the addition of a newly created magisterial district within Lehigh County, to be effective January 1, 2024, is granted. The newly created magisterial district shall be filled in the municipal election of 2023.

 Said Magisterial Districts shall be as follows:

Magisterial District 31-1-01 Magisterial District Judge Linda D. Vega Sirop	City of Allentown, Ward 8
Magisterial District 31-1-02 Magisterial District Judge Rashid O. Santiago	City of Allentown, Wards 4, 7, 11
Magisterial District 31-1-03 Magisterial District Judge Ronald S. Manescu	City of Allentown, Wards 3, 13, 17, 18
Magisterial District 31-1-04 Magisterial District Judge David M. Howells, Jr.	City of Allentown, Wards 12, 19
Magisterial District 31-1-05 Magisterial District Judge Michael D. D'Amore	Catasauqua Borough Hanover Township City of Allentown, Wards 14, 15
Magisterial District 31-1-06 Magisterial District Judge Amy L. Zanelli	Fountain Hill Borough City of Bethlehem, Wards 10, 11, 12, 13
Magisterial District 31-1-07 Magisterial District Judge Todd P. Heffelfinger	Coplay Borough Whitehall Township
Magisterial District 31-1-08 Magisterial District Judge Michael J. Pochron	City of Allentown, Ward 16 Salisbury Township
Magisterial District 31-2-01 Magisterial District Judge Karen C. Devine	City of Allentown, Wards 1, 2, 5, 9
Magisterial District 31-2-02 Magisterial District Judge Jacob E. Hammond	North Whitehall Township South Whitehall Township
Magisterial District 31-3-01 Magisterial District Judge Thomas C. Creighton	Slatington Borough Heidelberg Township Lowhill Township Lynn Township Washington Township Weisenberg Township
Magisterial District 31-3-02 Magisterial District Judge Michael J. Faulkner	Alburtis Borough Lower Macungie Township Upper Macungie Township
Magisterial District 31-3-03 Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. Trexler	Coopersburg Borough Emmaus Borough Macungie Borough Lower Milford Township Upper Milford Township Upper Saucon Township
Magisterial District 31-X-XX Magisterial District Judge TBD	City of Allentown, Wards 6, 10

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-1006. Filed for public inspection July 8, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]

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