Judge Sean M. Warner

Applies to

Pleading

An attorney must include their Supreme Court registration number with the signature line on any pleading filed with the Court of Common Pleas.

Applies to

Fax transmission

Fax transmissions must include a cover page with the specified case, sender, transmission, and processing information or they will not be accepted for filing.

Applies to

Summary judgment motion or memorandum

Must include

caption

Summary-judgment filings must attach specified evidence, identify attached documents in the caption, and attach other documents to an affidavit and file them.

At the commencement of a non-tax foreclosure action, the Clerk must attach a notice informing debtor-defendants of their right to mediation.

Service

Mail

In cases where the client does not consent to withdrawal, counsel must send the client hearing notice by certified mail, return receipt requested.

Service

Mail

If the motion to withdraw is granted, counsel must send the client a copy of the Entry by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the client’s last known address.

A party objecting to a Motion for Leave to Plead Instanter must respond within five days after the motion is filed.

The Clerk of Courts must notify the attorney or sender if a fax-transmitted document cannot be filed.

A fax-submitted document is considered filed when the Clerk’s date and time stamp is applied.

An extension to plead or file a pleading requires leave of Court, must be requested by motion with a supporting memorandum and draft journal entry, and cannot be established by stipulation alone.

An untimely request for leave to plead or an extension must be styled as a Motion for Leave to Plead Instanter, explain the untimeliness in a supporting memorandum and, if necessary, affidavit, and include the proposed pleading and a draft journal entry.

The Court may grant leave to prevent manifest injustice.