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Ex. MET-PIT-017 Order Primary source read

Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020)

In re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan, Administrative Docket, Order of Court

Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge · Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
Level
Court
Authority
Pa.R.J.A. No. 1952(B)(2); Order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania dated March 16, 2020 (No. 23 WM 2020) declaring a judicial emergency in the Fifth Judicial District
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24 (applies to cases scheduled from March 24, 2020 through April 14, 2020; facility closures until further order) (read as 2020-03-24)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to May 28, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public
  • litigants and counsel
  • the Allegheny County Sheriff
  • landlords and tenants
  • Magisterial District Courts
  • Pittsburgh Municipal Court
Functions reached
  • CT courts, clerks and filings
  • CL closings and recorded transactions (sheriff sales postponed; writs of possession not executed)
  • PM property management (evictions)
  • CB litigants
  • OF law offices
Collection
Pittsburgh MET-PIT

Operative words

All time calculations for the purposes of time computation relevant to court cases or other judicial business, as well as time deadlines, are suspended subject to constitutional restrictions.... Until further Order of Court, the Family Law Center is closed to the Public.... the Civil Division courtrooms and offices located on the 7th and 8th floors of the City-County Building are closed to the Public.... the Orphans' Court Division... is closed to the Public.... the Criminal Division courtrooms and offices... are closed to the public.... the Magisterial District Courts are closed to the public, with the exceptions set forth... Jury and non-jury trials are suspended pending further Order of Court.... Arbitration hearings, including landlord/tenant arbitration hearings, are suspended until further Order of Court.... Discovery Motions are suspended pending further Order of Court.

Enforcement

Building Security and Sheriff's Deputies authorized to deny admission to or remove persons; contempt and the Court's inherent authority.

Notes

Recites the Supreme Court's March 16, 2020 order and the District's own declaration of a judicial emergency; suspends April 6, 2020 sheriff sales and the execution of writs of possession.

Retrieval note

Its date is recited in this order and in MET-PIT-023, -027 and -040.

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