Judge Ryan C. Gardner

Applies to

Case monitoring notice

The case monitoring notice must substantially follow the form provided in the rule.

Applies to

Emergency motion

Every emergency motion must include the motion cover sheet required by the rules.

Applies to

Pretrial statement

The pretrial statement must list each expert's name and specialty and include all expert reports.

Service

Publication

Service by publication must allow the person served at least ten days after publication to act.

A party filing a bill of costs must immediately notify the opposing party of the filing.

In Commonwealth cases, the county commissioners must immediately be notified when a bill of costs is filed.

A moving party in a pretrial proceeding should submit the video or audio conferencing request with the motion or petition.

If the need for conferencing was not known when the matter began, or a responding party requires it, the request must be submitted to the court administrator’s office at least 21 days before the hearing.

Requests for video or audio appearance of a trial witness shall be made by submitting the request for conferencing form contemporaneously with the filing of the pretrial statement.

Continuance requests must be made on the court-promulgated one-page form, available from the scheduling office or the specified website.

Only the original of a brief or other document need be filed unless another applicable rule or court order requires otherwise.

Legal documents filed with the prothonotary must be on 8½-by-11-inch paper unless another rule or court order requires otherwise.