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Court Rules
Court-wide rules apply

Judge Stephen P.B. Minor

Judge • Court of Common Pleas of Potter County, Pennsylvania

Limits & Logistics

Court-wide

Document Limits

Brief
25 pgs

Adjournments

Court-wide

Request must include

Adversary Position

Communication

Court-wide
Email
jsaulter@pottercountypa.net
Phone
(814) 274-9720
Phone
814-274-9740
Fax
814-274-3363
Fax
(814)274-9720

Court-wide rules

Applies court-wide

Court of Common Pleas of Potter County, Pennsylvania publishes its filing requirements at the court level rather than per judge, so these 223 rules are what govern this courtroom.

Filing Requirements

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  • Applies to
    Transcript request

    Transcript requests must use the standardized form provided by the Senior Court Reporter.

  • Applies to
    Transcript request

    Requests for expedited or rough draft transcripts must be filed in writing with the Senior Court Reporter at least 10 days before the proceeding.

  • Applies to
    Exhibit filing

    A sole custodian must file submitted documentary exhibits and an index of exhibits, excluding non-documentary exhibits.

Fees

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  • A trial judge may impose a reasonable surcharge in unusually complex cases requiring court reporters to significantly expand their dictionaries.

  • Applies to
    Transcript

    A litigant ordering a transcript must make a nonrefundable partial payment of 50% of its anticipated cost using an accepted payment method and deliver it to the specified filing office.

  • Applies to
    Transcript

    Checks for a transcript's final balance must be payable to the appropriate filing office and delivered to the Potter County Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts' Office.

Service

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  • Applies to
    Transcript request

    A party requesting an ordinary transcript must serve copies of the formal request on the listed court personnel and the opposing counsel or unrepresented opposing party.

  • Applies to
    Transcript request

    Copies of a written request for an expedited or rough draft transcript must be delivered as required by subsection (B).

  • Applies to
    Transcript

    After any balance owed is paid, the transcript's original must be delivered to the specified office and copies to the parties.

Filing Timing

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  • Expedited or rough draft transcript requests are due at least 10 days before the proceeding.

  • Deadline
    5 business days

    A sole custodian must file the specified exhibits and index within five business days after the proceeding concludes.

  • Deadline
    5 business days

    The custodian at the conclusion of a proceeding must file all submitted exhibits and their index within five business days after the proceeding concludes.

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