E.D. Pa. L. Civ. R. 39.3

(a) No record or paper belonging to the files of the Court shall be taken from the

office or custody of the Clerk except by court order.

(b) The Clerk shall not be required to enter upon the records of this Court any

written paper which does not set forth the number of the original suit.

(c) If the papers in a case are mislaid or lost and cannot be found when the case

is called for trial, they may be supplied by copies.

(d) All exhibits received in evidence, or offered and rejected, upon the hearing of

any cause or motion shall be delivered to the courtroom deputy, who shall

keep the same in custody, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

(e) All exhibits referred to in section (d) shall be taken from the courtroom

deputy’s custody by the party by whom they were produced or offered within

thirty (30) days after the dismissal of the case by the parties or pursuant to

Local Civil Rule 41.1 or the entry of final judgment by this Court, or, in the event

of an appeal, within thirty (30) days after the receipt and filing of a mandate

or other process or certificate showing the disposition of the case by the

appellate court; otherwise, such exhibits shall be deemed abandoned and shall

be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the courtroom deputy.