Montgomery County Order Regarding Civil Case Trial Readiness

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: JUDICIAL EMERGENCY ORDER : NO. 2020-00001

29 MM 2020

O R D E R

AND NOW, this day of November, 2020, the Court having declared

a judicial emergency in the 38th Judicial District of Pennsylvania on March 12,

2020, with the judicial emergency extended thereafter and remaining in place until

further Order of Court, the Court hereby temporarily EXEMPTS any civil cases

commenced on or after January 1, 2019 from Local Rule of Civil Procedure *200 –

Trial Readiness. All Case Management Orders previously issued pursuant to Local

Rule 200, on any civil cases commenced on or after January 1, 2019, where the

case has not yet been placed in the Arbitration Inventory or Civil Trial Inventory, are

hereby REVOKED. All Motions for Extraordinary Relief pending in civil cases

commenced on or after January 1, 2019 are DENIED AS MOOT. Civil cases

commenced prior to January 1, 2019 shall continue to be subject to Local Rule 200,

if applicable, and any Case Management Orders issued thereunder shall remain in

effect.