Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

Cases assigned to a month’s arbitration panel must be heard by that panel and cannot be continued to another panel.

All cases assigned to a month’s arbitration panel shall be heard by that panel. There will be no continuances to another panel.

CRITICAL

Continuances are at the Master’s discretion, but a continuance request based on incomplete pre-hearing discovery must be made to the Court of Common Pleas as a motion to strike the appointment of a Master.

Continuances of conferences and/or hearings shall be solely at the discretion of the Master, except as is set forth herein below in Paragraph (f). (f) Requests for continuances based on an assertion that pre-hearing discovery has not been completed shall be made to the Court of Common Pleas in the form of a Motion to Strike the Appointment of a Master.

CRITICAL

The chairman has discretion over continuances, which must be set for a definite date and time no more than 30 days after the original date; notice must be given to the parties or their attorneys at least five days beforehand by ordinary mail or telephone.

All continuances shall be in the discretion of the Chairman of the Board and shall be made to a day and time certain not more than thirty days from the date originally set by the chairman, who shall give notices of the continued date and time to the parties or their attorneys of record at least five days prior thereto, by ordinary mail or telephone.

WARNING

A petition to extend time must comply with the referenced Rules on Pleading and Practice.

Petition for extension of time shall be in accordance with these Rules [See Pleading and Practice, Paragraphs (a) and (b)].