Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19

The record

Jurisdiction

First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County) · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania

Level

Court

Authority

Pa.R.J.A. 1952; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Order of Mar. 16, 2020, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-17

End

2020-04-01 by its terms; extended by Orders 9, 10 and 24 of 2020 (Exs. MET-PHL-050, 051) and superseded by the May 21, 2020 Amended Order 33 (Ex. MET-PHL-052) (read as 2020-04-01)

In force

Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all FJD courts and related offices; litigants, counsel, jurors, the public

Functions reached

• CT courts and clerks closed (law, title, lending, real estate)
• CL closings and sheriff sales
• SV collections, foreclosure and eviction enforcement

Collection

Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (FJD) has ordered, effective March 17th, 2020, that all FJD courts and related offices, will be closed until April 1st, 2020, or until further order from the court, with the following exceptions:... Jury and non-jury trials, both criminal and civil, and preliminary hearings are suspended and will be rescheduled at a later date. Jurors DO NOT need to report for jury duty. All civil pre-trial conferences, case management conferences, diversion programs, discovery lists and trials are cancelled or postponed.... We have postponed sheriff sales scheduled in the month of March and we have suspended the issuance and enforcement of writs of possession.

Enforcement

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