Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Sealing & Redaction Procedures
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Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.
Civil cases
Arbitrators must keep the delay-damages envelope unopened and not ascertain its contents until deciding the merits, and may then open it only if delay damages apply; otherwise, the Chair must return it unopened to the Clerk with the Board’s report.
No arbitrator shall open the aforesaid envelope, or, in any other manner, attempt to ascertain the contents thereof, until the Board of Arbitrators has reached a decision on the merits of the case, and then, only if delay damages are applicable. If, after deciding the merits of the case, delay damages are not applicable, the Chair of the Board of Arbitrators shall return the unopened envelope to the Clerk of Judicial Records, together with the report of the Board.
How does Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania handle sealed or redacted filings?
Arbitrators must keep the delay-damages envelope unopened and not ascertain its contents until deciding the merits, and may then open it only if delay damages apply; otherwise, the Chair must return it unopened to the Clerk with the Board’s report.
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