Court of Common Pleas of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Adjournment & Extension Requirements
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Requirements for requesting adjournments, extensions, and continuances.
CRITICAL
A case assigned to a month’s arbitration panel must be heard by that panel and may not 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
A matter will be dismissed at the general call unless good cause is shown for continuing it.
If no good cause for continuing a matter is shown at the general call, an order shall be entered forthwith by the court for dismissal.
CRITICAL
Continuances are at the chairman’s discretion and must be set for a definite date and time no more than 30 days after the original date.
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.
CRITICAL
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.
- (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
A petition for an extension of time must comply with the Rules’ Pleading and Practice paragraphs (a) and (b).
Petition for extension of time shall be in accordance with these Rules [See Pleading and Practice, Paragraphs (a) and (b)].
WARNING
The Master has sole discretion over continuances of conferences and hearings, subject to the exception in paragraph (f).
- (e) All hearings and conferences shall be scheduled solely by the 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).
How do I request an adjournment or extension in Court of Common Pleas of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania?
A case assigned to a month’s arbitration panel must be heard by that panel and may not be continued to another panel.
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