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ER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 4th day of November, 2020, the Application by the 45th Judicial
District to Suspend or Modify State Rule 221, seeking permission to reduce or eliminate
the number of peremptory challenges permitted in civil matters, see Pa.R.C.P. No. 221,
is GRANTED, subject to the following qualifications:
ORDER
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
No. 32 MM 2020
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IN RE: APPLICATION BY THE 45TH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT TO SUSPEND OR
MODIFY STATE RULE 221
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. The judge presiding over the jury selection process is to announce his or
her intent to reduce or eliminate the number of peremptory challenges
authorized by Rule of Civil Procedure 221 at the beginning of voir dire; such
announcement shall specify the number of peremptory challenges the
parties will be permitted to exercise with respect to that venire;
. The judge presiding over the jury selection process is to memorialize, via
a written order, any reduction or elimination of the number of peremptory
challenges; that written order shall be placed on the docket of that particular
case; and
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3. The reduction or elimination of the number of peremptory challenges shall
be effectuated in a manner designed to achieve fairness between or among
the parties. See Leaphart v. Whiting Corp., 564 A.2d 165, 169 (Pa.Super.
1989) (“[O]nly when the trial court's allocation of strikes failed to result in a
fair distribution of challenges, will we find an abuse of discretion and,
consequently, reversible error.”) (quotation omitted); cf. Pa.R.C.P. No. 221
(providing that peremptory challenges are to be exercised in alternating
turns, so that “a fair distribution of challenges” is achieved).
his order shall remain in effect no longer than the duration of the judicial
emergency in the 45th Judicial District. Interested parties may object to this Court’s order
no later than noon on November 12, 2020. Objections shall be filed at the above docket
number and served on the District Court Administrator of the Forty-Fifth Judicial District.
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Nov. 4 - Lackawanna County - Order Granting Permission to Reduce or Eliminate the Number of Peremptory Challenges Permitted in Civil Matters
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