A True Copy Phoenicia D. W. Wallace, Esquire
As Of 07/02/2021
  
  
   
Attest: ___________________
Deputy Prothonotary
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

ER CURIAM 

AND  NOW,  this  2nd  day  of  July,  2021,  the  Request  Pursuant  to  Pa.R.J.A. 

1952(B)(2)(m) is GRANTED.  With respect to President Judge Idee C. Fox’s request to 

suspend, through August 31, 2021, Rule of Criminal Procedure 1013, we observe that on 

March 17, 2020, President Judge Fox issued Administrative Order No. 10 of 2020, which 

declared that “[t]ime calculations for the purposes of time computation relevant to court 

cases or other judicial business, as well as time deadlines, are suspended pursuant to 

Pennsylvania  Rule  of  Judicial  Administration  1952(B).”    Administrative  Order  No.  10, 

3/17/2020 at ¶1.    Based  on  this authority,  and  the  subsequent  orders extending  it,  we 

grant the President Judge’s request to continue suspending Rules of Criminal Procedure 

600  and  1013,  as  well  as  any  procedural  rules  related  to  the  use  of  advanced 

communication technology (ACT) in court proceedings, through August 31, 2021.  Judges 

shall  be  present  in  the  courthouse,  judicial  center,  or  other  court  facility  whenever  a 

proceeding is being conducted by ACT, except for extraordinary circumstances, such as 

when court properties have been closed due to inclement weather or other emergency 

under Pa.R.J.A. Nos. 1950-1954, or when a proceeding is not being conducted during 

normal business hours. 

Justice Donohue notes her dissent. 

     

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ORDER 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA 
EASTERN DISTRICT 
 

IN RE:  FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF 
 
PENNSYLVANIA 

 

No. 21 EM 2020 

 

   

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