Court of Common Pleas of Potter County, Pennsylvania Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Expedited or rough-draft transcript requests must ordinarily be written and filed with the Senior Court Reporter at least 10 days before the proceeding, but an emergency request may be made by oral motion.

(C) Requests for expedited or rough draft transcripts shall be filed in writing to the Senior Court Reporter at least 10 days prior to the proceeding. Copies of the written request shall be delivered as required by subsection (B). In the event of an emergency, a party may request by oral motion a daily, expedited or rough draft transcript.

CRITICAL

The new portion of an amended pleading must be underlined.

Whenever an amended pleading is filed, such pleading shall be a complete pleading and not merely set forth the amendments to the former pleading. The amended pleading shall clearly indicate that it is an amended pleading, the paragraphs shall be renumbered, and the new portion shall be underlined.

CRITICAL

All notices must be in writing.

(a) All notices shall be in writing.

CRITICAL

Papers covered by Rule L205.2(a) must be prepared for flat filing on letter-sized paper and bound at the top, not the side.

(a) All papers filed with the Prothonotary in an action at law or in equity and in other matters designated shall be prepared for flat filing and shall be on letter-sized paper, 8½” x 11”. (b) All papers described in (a) above shall be bound at the top, not the side, so that they may be assembled with other papers in the case in a top bound file cover.

CRITICAL

The proponent must photograph non-documentary exhibits that are not retained, convert the photographs to letter size, mark and produce them during the proceeding for the documentary record, and use color unless the Court directs otherwise.

These non-documentary exhibits which are not retained must be photographed by the proponent, converted to a letter sized document (8 1/2 x 11), and appropriately marked and produced during the court proceeding for inclusion in the documentary record. Photographs must be in color unless otherwise directed by the Court.

CRITICAL

A digital exhibit that cannot be printed must be submitted on a USB flash drive unless the court expressly approves another format; multiple digital exhibits may be submitted together on one drive.

(f) Any digital exhibit that cannot be printed (i.e., audio or video recording) shall be entered into the record on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive (or other format if expressly approved by the court). If one party has multiple digital exhibits, they may be submitted together on one USB flash drive.

WARNING

The Commonwealth must order the trial-ready case list by priority, placing the most pressing cases first.

The Commonwealth shall structure the list of cases in order of priority with the most pressing cases listed first.

WARNING

The proponent must ensure document evidence is formatted, including as to size and material, so the records office can file and easily store it.

The proponent (party that moved exhibit into evidence) shall assure that document evidence is in a format, including size and material, that is compatible with being filed and easily stored by the records office.

INFO

Within fifteen (15) calendar days after the meeting, the ADA Coordinator or her designee will respond in writing, and, where appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, with a final resolution of the complaint.

Within fifteen (15) calendar days after the meeting, the ADA Coordinator or her designee will respond in writing, and, where appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, with a final resolution of the complaint.

INFO

Within fifteen (15) calendar days of the meeting, the ADA Coordinator or her designee will respond in writing, and where appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, such as large print, Braille, or audio.

Within fifteen (15) calendar days of the meeting, the ADA Coordinator or her designee will respond in writing, and where appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, such as large print, Braille, or audio.