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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCKET
IN RE: AMENDED
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
PLAN
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ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 22nd day of March 2020, consistent with the Order of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania dated March 16, 2020, this Court having
declared a judicial emergency in the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, this
Court amends its previous Emergency Operations Orders and now orders that
the following actions be taken pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. No. 1952(B)(2):
• All time calculations for the purposes of time computation relevant to
court cases or other judicial business, as well as time deadlines, are
suspended subject to constitutional restrictions.
• Additional uses of advanced communication technology to conduct court
proceedings, is authorized subject to constitutional restrictions.
• All provisions of this Order apply to cases scheduled from March 19,
• Until further Order of Court, the Family Law Center is closed to the
2020 through April 14, 2020.
Public.
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• Until further Order of Court, no inmates or juveniles will be transported
from state correctional facilities, county jails or prisons, Shuman
Detention Center, or Hartman Shelter. Where the participation of the
inmate or juvenile is required, advanced communication technology
shall be employed.
• When a court reporter or other approved form of recording court
proceedings is unavailable, alternative forms of recording shall be
• Alternative methods of signing, delivery and service of court documents
and orders shall be permitted.
permitted.
Civil Division
• Jury and non-jury trials are suspended pending further Order of Court.
• Effective immediately General Motions heard by the General Motions
Judge shall be restricted to Petitions for Injunctive Relief relating to
public health and/or safety for and/or risk for human life concerns such
as taking of residential property, ejectment, eviction and/or other public
health issues or concerns involving immediate and irreparable harm, or
any other Emergency Motion.
• All Housing Court Motions shall be restricted to Emergency Motions
relating to matters involving public health and/or safety for and/or risk
for human life concerns, including but not limited to evictions,
addressing suspension of utilities, and or other habitability issues
involving public health and/or safety for and/or risk for human life
concerns.
• Until further Order of Court, all Emergency Motions and Petitions for
Injunctive Relief involving public health and/or safety for and/or risk for
human life concerns will be handled at the Pittsburgh Municipal Court
Building, 660 First Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proceedings will be
handled using Advanced Communication Technology.
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• Emergency Motions and Petitions for Injunctive Relief will be addressed
on a case by case basis. To schedule Emergency Motions or Petitions
for Injunctive Relief please contact
the Court by email at
civilpmcteam@alleghenycourts.us, and/or call (412) 439-7914 Monday
through Friday between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M.
• Emergency Motions and Petitions for Injunctive Relief will be handled
Monday through Friday during the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M.
• Discovery Motions are suspended pending further Order of Court.
• Arbitration hearings including landlord/tenant arbitration hearings are
suspended until further Order of Court.
• Hearings before the Board of Viewers are suspended until further Order
of Court
• In any case especially assigned to a judge, all current proceedings are
suspended until further Order from the assigned judge.
• All previously scheduled motions, hearings, and/or oral arguments,
including those on the General Argument list, are suspended until
further Order of Court.
• Calendar Control Motions are suspended until further Order of Court.
• The Administrative Order at AD93 of 2020 regarding the continuation of
cases scheduled for Allegheny County Sheriff’s Sale on April 6, 2020 is
hereby incorporated into this Order.
• The Administrative Order at AD94 of 2020 regarding the suspension of
execution of Writs of Possession by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office
is hereby incorporated into this Order.
Criminal Division
• All court events, except as indicated below, in each of the criminal
division courtrooms are suspended until further Order of Court.
Courtroom staff will notify all litigants prior to their scheduled events
and propose a continuance date acceptable to all parties.
• Daily motions court are limited to bail hearings, motions to lift detainers,
and other emergency matters.
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Court.
• Summary and statutory appeals are suspended until further Order of
• The motions counter in Room 534 is closed until further notice. For
emergency motions please contact the court at (412) 350-1229.
• Defendants who wish to address warrants for failure to appear may do
so by phoning (412) 350-1229.
• Pretrial conference and formal arraignments are suspended until further
Order of Court.
amily Division
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Child Support, Divorce, Alimony, & Equitable Distribution of Property
• Scheduled conferences and hearings in support, custody, equitable
distribution, and divorce are suspended until further Order of Court.
• With the consent of the parties, any matter may be presented to the
Court by motion, without a hearing, pursuant to the judges’ procedures
on the website, for entry of an Order.
• Emergency custody motions will be addressed on a case by case basis.
For emergency custody motions please contact the court by email at
emergencycustody@alleghenycourts.us Monday through Friday between
9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M.
• With the consent of the parties, any matter may be presented to the
Court by motion, without a hearing, pursuant to the judges’ procedures
on the website, for entry of an Order.
rotection from Abuse
• Until further Order of Court, all Temporary Protection from Abuse
matters will be handled at the Pittsburgh Municipal Court Building, 660
First Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Proceedings will be handled using
Advanced Communication Technology.
• Temporary Protection from Abuse Petitions will be handled during the
hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M Monday through Friday.
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• Emergency Protection from Abuse petitions will be handled from 2:00
P.M. until 8:00 A.M. Monday through Friday and 24 hours Saturday and
Sunday.
• Final Protection from Abuse Hearings are suspended until further Order
of Court.
• Temporary Orders for Protection from Abuse shall remain in effect until
fifteen (15) days after the end of the judicial emergency unless
otherwise indicated in the Temporary Order.
• Until further Order of Court Indirect Criminal Contempt (ICC)
Complaints will not be accepted by private petition.
• ICC Police Complaints will be accepted, and bail hearings will be held
before a Magisterial District Judge using Advanced Communication
Technology. If a defendant is detained, a bail hearing shall be held
before the Judge assigned to hear the Temporary PFA Petitions.
• Hearings on ICC Complaints are suspended until further Order of Court.
• All Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings shall be handled using Advanced
• One Judge will be assigned each day to handle all juvenile matters,
uvenile Delinquency
Communication Technology.
regardless of judge assignment.
Fridays.
• Detention hearings shall be heard on Mondays, Wednesdays and
• Emergency Motions will be heard on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All
Motions shall be filed through PACFile with a copy e-mailed to
juvenilemotions@alleghenycourts.us.
• In cases where the juvenile is detained prior to the adjudicatory hearing,
the Court may schedule the adjudicatory hearing more than ten days
after the filing of the petition or the prehearing conference as deemed
appropriate by the judge, but the Court must review the detention
status by memo every 10 days until the adjudicatory hearing is held.
The attorney for the Juvenile and the attorney for the Commonwealth
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shall be provided the opportunity to provide input in writing and/or by
telephone. In all cases, the Court shall determine whether the continued
detainment is constitutionally permissible.
• Adjudicatory and dispositional hearings for juveniles who are not
detained are suspended until further Order of Court.
• Post-dispositional review hearings, except
for post-dispositional
proceedings involving a probation violation or failure to adjust allegation
where a juvenile is detained are suspended until further Order of Court.
Post-dispositional hearings where the recommendation is to close
supervision may be presented by memo, for the entry of an Order to
terminate supervision.
• Post-dispositional proceedings involving a probation violation allegation
or failure to adjust allegation where the juvenile is detained shall be
presented by video or teleconference.
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• With the consent of the parties, any matter may be presented to the
Court by memo, without a hearing, for entry of an Order.
• All Juvenile Dependency Proceedings shall be handled using Advanced
uvenile Dependency
Communication Technology.
regardless of judge assignment.
• One Judge will be assigned each day to handle all juvenile matters,
• Juvenile dependency matters, with exception of shelter care hearings
and adjudicatory and dispositional hearings where the child is in
placement including kinship care, congregate care, or foster care, are
suspended until further Order of Court.
• Dependency adjudicatory and dispositional hearings where the child is
in placement will be heard daily.
• The Court shall continue to handle shelter care proceedings, pursuant
to Pa. C.S. 6332. Shelter care hearings will be heard daily. No walk-
in shelter care hearings will be permitted.
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• The Court shall continue to issue orders for protective custody, pursuant
to Pa. R.J.C.P. Rule 1210.
• The Court shall continue to be available to issue orders for Authorization
for Medical Treatment of a Minor, pursuant to 18 Pa. C.P.S.3201.
• Emergency Motions will be heard on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All
Motions shall be filed through PACFile with a copy e-mailed to
juvenilemotions@alleghenycourts.us.
Orphans’ Court Division
Order of Court.
• All scheduled conferences and hearings are suspended until further
• Emergency Motions will be heard daily at 9:30 A.M.
• Emergency hearings shall be scheduled by the Motions Judge
• Involuntary civil commitment hearings will continue as scheduled at the
17 hospital/community hearing sites.
agisterial District Courts
• The Magisterial District Courts shall be closed to the public.
• All cases in the Magisterial District Courts are postponed.
• Eight Magisterial District Courts will remain open to police agencies for
designated operations which include:
o Criminal Complaint filing, Arrest Warrant requests and On-View
Arrests only,
o Search Warrant issuance,
o Bail Hearings on ICC Complaints filed by police.
• The Magisterial District Courts shall operate in accordance with the
Magisterial District Courts’ COVID-19 Plan. See attached MDC COVID-
19 plan.
• Execution of Orders for eviction or possession of residential properties
in Allegheny County are stayed.
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• All time calculations relevant to Magisterial District Court proceedings
located in the Pennsylvania Rules of Conduct, Office Standards for Civil
Procedure for Magisterial District Judges and the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure shall be suspended.
• Emergency Protection from Abuse petitions will be handled from 2:00
P.M. until 8:00 A.M. Monday through Friday and 24 hours Saturday and
Sunday. Until further Order of Court, all Protection from Abuse matters
will be handled at the Pittsburgh Municipal Court Building, 660 First
Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
• Proceedings will be handled using Advanced Communication
Technology.
• Until further Order of Court Indirect Criminal Contempt (ICC)
Complaints will not be accepted by private petition.
• ICC Police Complaints will be accepted, and bail hearings will be held
before a Magisterial District Judge using Advanced Communication
Technology. If a defendant is detained, a bail hearing shall be held
before the Judge assigned to hear the Temporary PFA Petitions.
• All Magisterial District Courts are closed to the public. Pittsburgh
Municipal Court Arraignment Division will remain open to the public for
designated operations as set forth above in this Order.
• Police agencies are to follow the Magisterial District Courts COVID-19
Plan for the filing of criminal complaints, ICC complaints, arrest
warrants, and search warrants. Eight Magisterial District Courts will
remain open to the police for designated operations.
BY THE COURT:
KIM BERKELEY CLARK
PRESIDENT JUDGE
P. J.
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MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURTS
COVID-19 PLAN
ight Magisterial District Courts will be open to the public for specific designated operations. The eight open
Magisterial District Courts will cover designated operations for the Magisterial District Courts listed in their Area.
All other Magisterial District Courts are closed to the public. Designated operations include arraignments, criminal
case filings and subsequent processing, issuance of search warrants and Emergency Protection from Abuse
petitions.
AREA A - Pittsburgh Municipal Court, Arraignment Division will remain open for all functions.
AREA B – MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURT 05-2-02 DESIGNATED OPEN COURT AND WILL ADDRESS DESIGNATED
OPERATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING COURTS:
AREA C – MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURT 05-3-03 DESIGNATED OPEN COURT AND WILL ADDRESS DESIGNATED
OPERATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING COURTS:
AREA D – MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURT 05-2-28 DESIGNATED OPEN COURT AND WILL ADDRESS DESIGNATED
OPERATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING COURTS:
05-2-12
05-3-02
05-2-01
05-2-40
05-2-42
05-3-04
05-2-05
05-2-04
05-2-03
05-2-32
05-3-10
05-2-27
05-2-36
05-2-31
05-3-12
05-2-38
05-2-35
AREA E – MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURT 05-2-08 DESIGNATED OPEN COURT AND WILL ADDRESS DESIGNATED
OPERATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING COURTS:
05-2-11
05-2-47
05-2-10
05-2-06
05-2-07
AREA F – MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURT 05-3-09 DESIGNATED OPEN COURT AND WILL ADDRESS DESIGNATED
OPERATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING COURTS
05-2-26
05-3-05
05-2-13
05-2-14
05-2-15
05-2-16
05-2-18
05-2-17
05-2-22
05-2-19
05-3-14
AREA G – MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURT 05-2-20 DESIGNATED OPEN COURT AND WILL ADDRESS DESIGNATED
OPERATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING COURTS
AREA H – MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURT 05-3-06 DESIGNATED OPEN COURT AND WILL ADDRESS DESIGNATED
OPERATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING COURTS
05-3-17
05-2-43
05-2-25
05-3-13
05-2-21
05-2-23
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