.  Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, 
having previously declared a judicial emergency in the District 
through June 30, 2021, hereby requests the following relief by 
Order of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court: 

a.  Authorize  the  President  Judge  to  extend  the  current 
judicial  emergency  in  the  Fifth  Judicial  District  and  take  any 
actions authorized by Pa.R.J.A. No. 1952(B)(2) through August 
31, 2021. 

b.  Suspend 

or  modify 

statewide  procedural 

or 

administrative rules in this judicial district as follows: 

1) Suspend  application  of  Pennsylvania  Rule  of  Criminal 
Procedure  600  through  August  31,  2021  to  the  extent 
consistent with constitutional limitations. 

2) Suspend application of the Pennsylvania Rules regarding 
the use of Advanced Communication Technology subject 
to  constitutional  limitations  provided  that  judges  and 
judicial officers are present in court facilities during the 
proceedings. 

  
2.  The circumstances necessitating this request for an emergency 
judicial order are those related to the existing COVID-19 public 
health emergency in the District.  This request is to extend the 
current  judicial  emergency  which  began  on  March  16,  2020 

 

 

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA 
 
WESTERN DISTRICT 
 
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IN RE: 
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT 
REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY 
JUDICIAL ORDER 
 

 

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Kim Berkeley Clark 
President Judge 

ated: June 25, 2021 

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through August 31, 2021.   

  
3.  To the extent possible and practical under the circumstances, 
notice of this request for an emergency judicial order has been 
or will be: 

  posted on the Fifth Judicial District’s website 
  submitted  to  the  Administrative  Office  of  Pennsylvania 
Courts  for  publication  pursuant  to  Rule  of  Judicial 
Administration No. 1952(C)(5) 

.  Interested parties are advised that objections to any emergency 
judicial  order  issued  by  the  Supreme  Court  should  be 
transmitted to the Supreme Court Prothonotary. 

  

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