Court of Common Pleas of McKean County, Pennsylvania Filing Rules

All preliminary objections must be raised together in one pleading and state their grounds specifically, though the grounds may be inconsistent.

Notice that a petition under Rule 5.4 was filed must be provided to the decedent’s personal representative under Rule 3.5(b)(1).

Discovery must be completed within 240 days after the complaint is filed; further discovery requires a court order on good cause shown.

Multiple-page papers must be bound at the top with a binding clip or a single staple in the middle, not on the side.

An appealing party must pay an arbitrator compensation fee of $750, capped at 50% of the amount in controversy, but may request a full or partial waiver based on financial inability.

If the parties cannot agree to a continuance more than 10 days before mediation, a motion must be submitted to and ruled on by the court; if granted, the mediator must reschedule as ordered.

The court must designate an e-filing website and issue usernames and passwords to authorized users.

Before submitting any motion, the movant or counsel must confer with all counsel and unrepresented parties, determine their positions, and state those positions in the motion.

The proceeding must be kept confidential.

It should not be filed with the court administrator. Courtesy copes for the court are not required.

Counsel may request a case management conference to establish an alternative discovery timetable when extensive discovery is apparent or pleadings remain open 60 days after the complaint is filed.

Briefs are limited to 20 pages without prior court approval, and memorandums of law are limited to 10 pages.

A party may submit multiple digital exhibits together on one USB flash drive.