Court of Common Pleas of Pike County, Pennsylvania Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

For motions for judgment on the pleadings, the Prothonotary schedules argument for the next available Argument Day and notifies the parties; the moving brief is due with the motion and the response brief is due 20 days later.

All Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings shall be filed in the Pike County Prothonotary’s Office. The Prothonotary shall schedule Oral Argument for the next available Argument Day and notify all parties. The moving party shall file a brief simultaneous to the Motion. The response brief must be filed twenty (20) days thereafter.

CRITICAL

For an objected-to protective-order or motion-to-compel-discovery filing, the moving party must certify that counsel conferred or attempted to confer with all interested parties to resolve the dispute.

A party who files a Motion for Protective Order under Rule 4112 or a Motion to Compel Discovery under Rule 4011 or 4016, that has been objected to by the opposing party, shall certify in that motion, that counsel has conferred or attempted to confer with all interested parties in order to resolve the dispute.

CRITICAL

For preliminary objections, the Prothonotary schedules argument for the next available Argument Day and notifies the parties; the moving brief is due with the objections, the response brief is due 20 days later, and an amended complaint filed before argument causes argument to be stricken.

All Preliminary Objections shall be filed in the Pike County Prothonotary’s Office. The Prothonotary shall schedule Oral Argument for the next available Argument Day and notify all parties. The moving party shall file a brief simultaneous to the Preliminary Objections. The response brief must be filed twenty (20) days thereafter. In the event that an Amended Complaint is filed prior to Argument, the Argument will be stricken from the list.

WARNING

The Court may decide preliminary objections on the briefs if all counsel submit written consent to waive argument to the Court Administrator by the Thursday before Argument Day, but this does not delay briefing and the Court may still require argument.

The Court will consider decision on the briefs if all counsel consent to waive oral argument in writing and submit such request to the Court Administrator the Thursday prior to Argument Day. This shall not delay the filing of briefs. The Court may require oral argument in the case even if counsels agree to waive argument.