Court of Common Pleas of Greene County, Pennsylvania Filing Timing and Cure Windows

WARNING

Routine scheduling motions and rule returnable/citations may be delivered to the filing office for docketing and immediate delivery to the Office of District Court Administration for the Court's consideration.

motions for routine scheduling of hearings and rule returnable/citations may be delivered to the appropriate filing office where it shall be docketed and immediately thereafter delivered to the Office of District Court Administration, for consideration by the Court.

CRITICAL

Motions in limine, briefs on unusual legal issues, proposed jury instructions, and a proposed verdict slip must be filed at least 10 days before the pretrial conference unless the Court orders otherwise.

Unless the Court grants otherwise, the following must be filed with the Court at least ten (10) days before the date of the pretrial conference: motions in limine, briefs on unusual legal issues, proposed jury instructions, a proposed verdict slip.

CRITICAL

Civil case-management and further pleading deadlines are suspended pending the conciliation conference outcome, effective on the date of the order setting the conference.

For the purposes of the case, civil case management, and further pleading deadlines are suspended pending the outcome of the Conciliation Conference. Suspension is effective as of the date of the Order setting the Conciliation Conference.

CRITICAL

A supplemental pretrial memorandum may be filed after the original, but must be filed at least 30 days before jury selection unless the Court permits otherwise.

Supplements to a written pretrial memorandum may be filed by any party after their original pretrial memorandum has been filed. However, no supplemental pretrial memorandum may be filed later than thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled jury selection, except with permission of the Court.

CRITICAL

In uncontested matters, the Master must submit the Master's Report within 20 days.

The Master shall submit the Master's Report within 20 days in uncontested matters

CRITICALCriminal cases

Time limits for actions concerning a Bill of Particulars, discovery, a Notice of Alibi Defense, or Omnibus Pre-Trial Motions run from the scheduled arraignment date, not from the filing of a waiver.

For the purpose of determining time limits for action regarding the following: Bill of Particulars, Discovery, Notice of Alibi Defense, and any Omnibus Pre-Trial Motions, the time shall commence from the date scheduled for formal arraignment, not the date of the filing of any waiver of formal arraignment.

CRITICAL

The Board must submit its final recommendation within 60 days of the view, and if it does not, the Court may set a status conference on its own initiative.

The Board shall make a final recommendation to the Court within sixty (60) days of the view. If there is no recommendation filed within sixty (60) days, the Court may sua sponte set the matter for a status conference.

CRITICAL

Notice of a settlement reached before the arbitration hearing is due no later than five days before the scheduled hearing.

a. If a settlement occurs prior to the scheduled arbitration hearing, the parties shall notify in writing the assigned Judge and Court Administration of the settlement no later than five (5) days prior to the scheduled arbitration hearing.

CRITICAL

The pretrial narrative must be filed ten days before the pretrial conference.

- 4. Narratives shall be required for the pretrial conference and shall be filed ten (10) days prior to the date of the conference.

CRITICAL

In contested matters, the Master's Report is due within 30 days of the later of receipt of the transcript or close of the record.

within 30 days of the latter of the receipt of transcript or close of record in contested matters.

CRITICAL

An appeal from a Board of Arbitrators’ award must be taken under Pa. R.C.P. 1313 within 30 days after the award is entered on the docket.

1. An appeal from an award of a Board of Arbitrators shall be taken in conformity with Pa. R.C.P. 1313 within thirty (30) days after the entry of the award on the docket.

CRITICALCriminal cases

After an information is filed, the Clerk need not schedule formal arraignment within ten days and must instead schedule it at the next available arraignment time.

Upon the filing of an information by the Greene County District Attorney, the Greene County Clerk of Court need not schedule formal arraignment within ten (10) days of that filing, but instead shall schedule the matter for formal arraignment at the next available time for formal arraignment.

WARNINGCriminal cases

A defendant represented by counsel may file a written waiver of formal arraignment through the scheduled arraignment time.

A written waiver of formal arraignment can be filed by a Defendant who is represented by counsel at any time up to and including the time scheduled for formal arraignment.