Court of Common Pleas of Snyder County, Pennsylvania Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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The Electronic Filing System’s registered date and time govern filing and receipt, and the Prothonotary must provide a printable acknowledgment showing receipt’s date and time.

The time and date of filing a legal paper and any receipt of the legal paper filed electronically shall be that registered by the Electronic Filing System. The Prothonotary shall provide, through the CountySuite Portal, an acknowledgement that the legal papers have been received, including the date and time of receipt, in a form which can be printed for retention by the filing party.

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A legal paper submitted without its required fee may be refused and is deemed filed only on the date the Prothonotary receives payment.

The Prothonotary is authorized to refuse a filing of a legal paper submitted without the required filing fee; such legal paper shall only be deemed to have been filed on the date that said filing fee payment was received by the Prothonotary.

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Unless the presiding judge instructs otherwise, the custodian must submit exhibits to the Court at the conclusion of the proceeding so they can be incorporated into the docket within the next five business days.

Unless instructed otherwise by the presiding judge, the custodian shall submit any exhibits to the Court at the conclusion of the court proceeding in order to ensure that the exhibits are filed with the records office for incorporation into the docket within the next five business days.

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Deadline

2 business days

The Clerk of Courts must assign a Common Pleas docket number within two business days after the issuing authority transmits the scanned transcript and associated documents.

The Clerk of Courts shall assign a Common Pleas docket number to all criminal cases within two (2) business days of transmission of the electronically scanned transcript and any associated documents by the issuing authority.

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The Electronic Filing System must immediately notify the filing party if a paper is not accepted when presented for filing.

If a pleading or other legal paper is not accepted upon presentation for filing the Electronic Filing System will immediately notify the party presenting the legal paper for filing.

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The filing party is responsible for delays, disruptions, interruptions, or legibility problems in electronic filing unless caused by CountySuite Portal failure.

A filing party shall be responsible for any delay, disruption or interruption of the electronic signals and legibility of the document electronically filed, except when caused by the failure of the CountySuite Portal.

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Deadline

2 business days

The Clerk of Courts must assign a Common Pleas docket number within two business days after transmission of the transcript and associated documents.

The Clerk of Courts shall assign a Common Pleas docket number to all cases within 2 business days of transmission of the transcript and any associated documents.

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If an electronic filing is not received, accepted, or filed despite a good-faith effort, the Court may order nunc pro tunc acceptance upon a showing of reasonable efforts to file timely.

If a party makes a good faith effort to electronically file a legal paper but it is not received, accepted or filed by the Electronic Filing System, the Court may order that the paper be accepted and file nunc pro tunc upon a showing that reasonable efforts were made to timely present and file the paper.

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Deadline

2 business days

The Clerk of Courts must assign a Common Pleas docket number within two business days after transmission of the transcript and associated documents.

The Clerk of Courts shall assign a Common Pleas docket number to all cases within 2 business days of transmission of the transcript and any transcript and any associated documents.

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If a response and supporting brief are not filed timely, the Court will consider the motion unopposed.

Absent the filing timely of a response and brief in support of the response the Court will consider the motion to be unopposed.

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An opposition response and supporting brief are due within 20 days after service of the motion; otherwise, the motion is considered uncontested by a non-responding party.

appropriate authority in support of opposition to the said motion within twenty (20) days after service of the motion. Absent the filing of a response and brief in opposition to the motion the Court will consider the motion to be uncontested by any non-responding party.

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A civil action is referred to arbitration 20 days after a ready-for-arbitration Praecipe is filed with the Prothonotary and Court Administrator.

B. A civil action will be referred to arbitration (20) days after the filing with the Prothonotary and the Court Administrator of a Praecipe signed by either party or its counsel indicating the matter is ready for arbitration.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The Court must decide a post-dispositional motion within 30 days of its filing.

The Court must decide the post-dispositional motion with thirty (30) days of the date that the post-dispositional motion is filed.

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Parties opposing the motion must file a response and supporting brief within 20 days after service of the motion.

All parties opposing the said motion shall file a response and a brief in support of their response within twenty (20) days of the service of the motion.

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Deadline

60 calendar days

The complaint should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than 60 calendar days after the alleged violation; alternative filing means are available upon request for persons with disabilities.

1. Complete the complaint form and return to ADA Coordinator as indicated on form. Alternative means of filing complaints will be made available for persons with disabilities upon request. The complaint should be submitted as soon as possible but no later than sixty (60) calendar days after the alleged violation.

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To avoid removal from the list and dismissal with prejudice, action must be taken or a written objection docketed before the general call begins.

If no action is taken or no written objection is docketed in such a matter prior to the commencement of the general call, the Prothonotary shall strike the matter from the list and enter an order as of course dismissing the matter with prejudice for failure to prosecute, under the provisions of this rule.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A post-dispositional motion must be filed within 10 days of today’s date.

A post-dispositional motion must be filed within ten (10) days of today’s date.

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An appeal from the arbitration award must be filed within 30 days or judgment will be entered on the award.

C. If no appeal is filed within 30 days, judgment shall be taken on the award.

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Deadline

15 calendar days

If dissatisfied with the response, the complainant may appeal within 15 calendar days after receiving it.

If the response to the complaint does not satisfactorily resolve the issue, the complainant may appeal the decision within fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of the response to ADA Coordinator.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A post-dispositional motion is deemed denied by operation of law if the Court does not decide it within 30 days or by the end of a granted 30-day extension.

If the post-dispositional motion is not decided by the Court within thirty (30) days, or by the conclusion of the one (1) thirty-day (30) extension if it is granted, the post- dispositional motion will be deemed to be denied by operation of law.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The local rule must be incorporated into the 17th Judicial District Local Rules and published on the Snyder County website within 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

Incorporation of the local rule into the 17th Judicial District Local Rules and publish on the Snyder County website at www.snydercounty.org. within thirty (30) days after the publication of the local rules in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A post-sentence motion must be filed with the county Clerk of Court within 10 days of sentencing.

A post sentence motion must be filed with the Clerk of Court for the county within 10 days of sentencing.

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The listed available dates must fall 20 to 60 days after the oral-argument or hearing request is filed.

A request for oral argument or a hearing shall be accompanied by a list of dates when counsel for the requesting party, or the requesting party if pro se, counsel for the opposing party or parties, and any pro se opposing party are available for argument and/or hearing. The list shall be for dates not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the filing of the request.

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A party objecting to the Praecipe must file a motion to delay appointment of arbitrators within the 20-day period.

If the other party objects to the filing, that party shall, within the (20) days, file a motion requesting delay in the appointment of arbitrators pending completion of the pre-trial discovery and filings.

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A continuance motion must be made as soon as possible after the moving party learns of the circumstances necessitating it.

A Motion for Continuance shall be made as soon as possible after the circumstances necessitating the request become known to the moving party.

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Where daily, expedited, same-day, or rough-draft transcripts are available, transcript requests must be filed in writing with the appropriate filing office at least 10 days before the proceeding.

In courts where daily, expedited, same-day or rough draft transcripts are available, requests for transcripts shall be filed in writing in the appropriate filing office at least 10 days prior to the proceeding.

CRITICALCriminal cases

A written appeal must be filed within 30 days of today’s date, or, if a post-dispositional motion is filed, within 30 days of entry of the order deciding that motion.

You have the right to file a written appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania within thirty (30) days of today’s date, or, if you file a post-dispositional motion, within thirty (30) days of the date of entry of the order deciding the post-dispositional motion.

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The moving party must file a certificate of service within five days after serving the motion and brief on the other parties.

Within five (5) days after service of the motion and brief upon the other parties the party filing the motion shall file a certificate of service.

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An appeal must be taken within 30 days after entry of the award.

Said appeal shall be taken not later then 30 days after the date of the entry of the award of

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The Petition for Emergency Special Relief must be filed with the Prothonotary at the same time as the Custody Complaint.

The Petition for Emergency Special Relief shall be filed with the Prothonotary simultaneously with the Custody Complaint.

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The Petition for Emergency Special Relief must be filed with the Prothonotary at the same time as the Petition for Modification or Petition for Contempt.

The Petition for Emergency Special Relief shall be filed with the Prothonotary simultaneously with the Petition for Modification or Petition for Contempt.

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An inmate may appeal to the Warden within seven days if the inmate believes the action was disproportionate to the misconduct.

The inmate may appeal the action taken at the meeting to the Warden, but only in those cases where the inmate believes that the action is disproportionate to the misconduct. The inmate has seven days to appeal.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The sentencing court must decide a post-sentence motion within 120 days; if it does not, the motion is automatically denied.

If a post sentence motion is filed, the sentencing court must render a decision on the motion within 120 days (unless that deadline is extended by the court for a maximum of 30 additional days on request of the defendant and for good cause). If the decision on a post sentence motion is not rendered within this time period, the post sentence motion will automatically be denied and the sole potential remedy would be through appeal to a higher court.

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Unless an amended pleading is filed, the affected party must file an opposition brief within 20 days after service; otherwise, the preliminary objections are considered unopposed.

Absent the filing of an amended pleading, the party whose pleading is the subject of the preliminary objections shall file a brief in opposition to the preliminary objection within twenty (20) days of service of the preliminary objection. All briefs shall be filed in duplicate. Upon the filing of brief in opposition to the preliminary objections a copy of the brief shall be forwarded to the judge’s chambers by the Prothonotary. Absent the filing timely of the said brief the Court will consider the preliminary objections to be unopposed by the non-responding party;

CRITICALCriminal cases

When a post-sentence motion was filed, the Notice of Appeal must be filed within 30 days after the motion is ruled on or automatically denied.

The disposition of the post sentence motion occurs when the trial judge rules on the motion, or when the motion has been automatically denied because the trial judge did not rule on the motion within the time limits described above. The Notice of Appeal must be filed within 30 days of the disposition of the post trial motions.

CRITICALCriminal cases

If a post-sentence motion was filed, an appeal cannot begin until that motion is disposed of.

If a post sentence motion was filed, the appeal to the higher court cannot be commenced until disposition of the post sentence motion.

CRITICALCriminal cases

If no post-sentence motion was filed, the Notice of Appeal must be filed within 30 days of sentencing.

If no post sentence motion was filed, the Notice of Appeal must be filed within 30 days of the date of sentencing.

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If the responding party does not timely file an answer or responsive brief to the preliminary objections, the scheduling order is automatically vacated and the scheduled hearing or argument will not occur.

In the event that a party against whom the preliminary objections has been filed fails to filed timely an answer and/or responsive brief to the said preliminary objections this Order will be deemed to have been vacated without further Order of the Court and no hearing and/or argument shall be held on the date scheduled herein.