Court of Common Pleas of York County, Pennsylvania Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

Criminal cases

If the judge determines briefing is needed to resolve a post-sentence motion, the judge must schedule a definite submission date within ten days after the motion is filed.

(a) Within ten (10) days after a post-sentence motion is filed, if the Judge determines that briefs or memoranda of law are required for a resolution of the motion, the Judge shall schedule a date certain for the submission of briefs or memoranda of law by the defendant and the Commonwealth.

A party challenging arbitrability or the board's composition must first give the District Court Administrator informal written notice with notice to opposing counsel, then file a motion specifying the requested relief within three days; the court decides before the arbitration hearing, and the issues are waived if not raised within ten days after notice of appointment.

Any party to the action may raise questions of the action being arbitrable under these rules, or the composition of the board, first by informally notifying the District Court Administrator in writing, with notice to opposing counsel. Within three days of such informal notice, the party raising the question shall file with the court a written motion based on such question, and shall specify the relief requested. The court shall decide such motion before the case is heard by the board. Failure to raise such questions within ten days of receipt of a notice of such appointment, constitutes a waiver of those issues.

Applications requiring judicial action must be presented at a motions court session unless an exception applies.

All applications to the court requiring action by a judge, except those hereafter excluded, shall be presented to the court at a session of motions court.

For one-judge matters, the supporting brief is due within ten days of the application (or, in land-use appeals, certification of the record), the opposition is due within thirty days of the later specified event, and any reply is due within five days after service of the opposition.

All applications which are filed requiring disposition by one judge shall be supported by a brief filed within ten days of the date of filing of the application or, in Appeals in Land Use Cases (see York R.C.P. 5150), within ten days of certification of the record. (b) One original brief in opposition shall be filed by all parties opposing the application within thirty days after the date of filing of the application or the filing of the brief of the moving party, whichever is later. (c) Any brief in reply shall be filed within five days after service of the brief in opposition to the application.

Motions for relief under Pa.R.C.P.M.D.J. 1008, including escrow-release motions, must be presented under York R.C.P. 208.3(a).

(b) Motions for relief under Pa.R.C.P.M.D.J. 1008, including motions for release of escrow, shall be presented to the Court pursuant to York R.C.P. 208.3(a).