Cumberland Cnty. C.P. Local Rules of Court Rule 208.3(a)

All motions shall be filed with the Prothonotary who shall forward them to the Court Administrator for

assignment to a judge for disposition.

(a) All motions submitted to the Court shall:

(1) prominently indicate the individual attorney responsible for the matter and their email

address, or attorney is not the one who personally submits the papers, the names and

email address of both attorneys shall be clearly indicated;

(2) state whether a judge has ruled upon any other issue in the same or related matter, and,

if so, shall specify the judge and the issue; and

(3) include a brief statement of the applicable authority.

(b) A proposed order or decree shall be affixed to the front of each motion submitted to the Court.

(c) Where notice of the entry of any order is required under Pa.R.C.P. 236, the filing party shall

include in the proposed order the names of the persons and/or attorneys who are required to be

notified and to provide stamped envelopes addressed to the said persons and/or attorneys.

(d) Except as provided in C.C.R.P. 1028(c), 1034(a), and 1035.2(a), no motion shall be placed on

an argument court list unless directed by the assigned judge.

(e) Prior to filing any motion, the filing party shall seek concurrence of any other party and any

guardian ad litem, except that this requirement shall not apply to preliminary objections, motions

for judgment on the pleadings, motions for summary judgment, petitions to open or strike

judgments, and motions for post-trial relief. Efforts to seek concurrence shall be made in a

manner that is reasonably expected to give the other party(s) an opportunity to respond.

(1) If a response is received, the filed document shall note the position of each opposing

party.

(2) If no response is received, the filed document shall note the manner and timing of each

attempt to seek concurrence.

(3) If no response is received or there is opposition to the requested relief, the filing party

shall include a proposed order, as prescribed by the Court and available on the Court

Website, directing each opposing party to file a written response.

(f) The judge to whom a motion has been assigned shall, thereafter, by order, schedule such

hearing, briefing, and/or argument as shall be deemed necessary.

(g) If a party who is represented by counsel of record attempts to file a motion, petition, answer, or

similar item on their own, the item may be stricken from the record and instead forwarded to the

counsel of record for such action as they deem appropriate on behalf of the client.

Rule 212.1-1. Case Management

A civil judge will hold civil status conferences in alternating months on a date which will be scheduled

by Court Administrator on the yearly court calendar (See C.C.R.P. 5).

(a) The purpose of the status conferences will be to ensure cases progress in a timely manner.

(b) Cases will be automatically scheduled for a civil status conference in the following instances:

(1) One year following the filing of an answer, every civil case will be scheduled for a civil

status conference.

(2) Any case where an Intent to Proceed is filed in response to a two-year purge notice shall

be scheduled for the next available civil status conference date.

(c) A case will be removed from the civil status conference list if a:

(1) Preacipe to Discontinue the Action is filed,

(2) A subsequent comprehensive case management order is filed, or

(3) Motion to Continue or Specially Set a status conference is granted.

(d) Cases will be handled in the order that they were listed.

(e) All parties should be prepared to address:

(1) outstanding discovery,

(2) expert reports,

(3) dispositive Motions,

(4) trial timing, and

(5) any other relevant matter relating to the issuance of a comprehensive case management

order.

(f) Following the status conference, the Court will issue a case management order.

(g) If all parties fail to appear for the status conference, the Court will issue a case management

order as deemed appropriate.

Rule 212.1-2. Call of Civil Trial List

(a) For each term of court, the civil trial list shall be called on a date which will be scheduled by

Court Administrator on the yearly court calendar (See C.C.R.P. 5). Any case not answered at

the first call, shall, at the option of the court, be placed at the end of the list or stricken from it.

(b) At the call of the trial list, counsel for all parties shall indicate that discovery has been

completed, that Alternative Dispute Resolution options have been considered and, if agreed to,

have been completed or will be completed so as not to delay trial, and that the case is

otherwise ready for trial in all respects. Any case not ready for trial in all respects shall, at the

option of the court, be placed at the end of the list or stricken from it.

Rule 212.1-3. Listing for Jury Trial

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), cases shall be listed for jury trial only by filing a praecipe

directing the Prothonotary to list the case for trial. The party listing the case for trial shall

promptly serve a copy of the praecipe on all other parties. The praecipe shall be in the form

prescribed by the Prothonotary.

(b) The trial list for cases at law shall close seven (7) weeks before the first day of trials. Trial lists

shall be prepared by the Prothonotary with the cases arranged in the order of their

listing. Copies of each trial list shall be made available to members of the Bar.

(c) Where a case is listed for jury trial by direction of the Court, notice of such listing shall be given

to counsel by the Prothonotary.

Rule 212.1-4. Listing for Non-Jury Trial

If neither party is requesting a jury trial, either party can request the matter be scheduled for a

bench trial by filing a praecipe with the Prothonotary. The Prothonotary shall forward the

praecipe to the Court Administrator’ Office for scheduling before the appropriate judge.