York Cnty. C.P. Local Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 212.3

(a) When an action is ready for trial, any party who desires to proceed to trial shall list the action

for a pretrial conference by filing a praecipe with the Prothonotary, and delivering a copy of the praecipe

to the Court Administrator for assignment to a judge.

(1) The praecipe shall request a pretrial conference and indicate whether the proposed trial

is a jury or a nonjury trial.

(2) Copies of the praecipe shall be sent to all counsel and unrepresented parties of record.

A certificate of service identifying all counsel of record, who they represent, and all unrepresented parties,

with addresses and telephone numbers shall be attached to the praecipe.

(3) The praecipe shall be in substantially the same form as that set forth in York R.C.P.

214(h).

(b) No party shall list an action for pre-trial conference until after:

(1) A Case Management Plan has been executed by all parties and filed with the

Prothonotary, and all dates contained therein have passed; or

(2) The listing is consistent with the provisions of a scheduling order filed in the action.

(c) All actions listed for a pretrial conference shall be assigned to a judge by the Court

Administrator.

(d) One original of each party’s pre-trial memorandum in such form and containing such

information as is directed in an order scheduling a pre-trial conference shall be filed with the Prothonotary

at least one week prior to the date of the pre-trial conference. Pre-trial memoranda shall not contain

copies of proposed exhibits, copies of matters previously filed of record, or copies of discovery materials.

(e) In the event that the parties are unable to agree on a case management plan, or upon other

cause shown, a party may move the court to schedule a case management conference or issue a case

scheduling order.

(f) Motions implicating matters set forth in any order resulting from the pre-trial conference,

including requests for discovery, sanctions, and motions in limine shall be assigned to the Judge who

conducted the pre-trial conference.