In Re: Reestablishment of the Magisterial Districts within the 38th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (rules)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: REESTABLISHMENT OF THE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE 38th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : NO. 355 : MAGISTERIAL RULES DOCKET : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 9th day of May 2013, upon consideration of the Petition to Reestablish the Magisterial Districts of the 38th Judicial District (Montgomery County) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it is hereby ORDERED AND DECREED that the Petition, which provides for the elimination of Magisterial District 38-1-17, within Montgomery County, to be effective January 1, 2015, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the creation of a new magisterial district effective January 4, 2016, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 38-1-06, 38-1-07, 38-1-11, 38-1-12, 38-1-14, 38-1-22, 38-2-03, and 38-2-04 within Montgomery County, to be effective September 1, 2013, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 38-1-24 and 38-1-28, effective January 1, 2015, is granted; and that the Petition, which also provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 38-1-15 and 38-1-16, effective January 4, 2016, is granted; and that the Petition, which also provides for the reestablishment of Magisterial Districts 38-1-01, 38-1-02, 38-1-03, 38-1-04, 38-1-05, 38-1-08, 38-1-09, 38-1-10, 38-113, 38-1-18, 38-1-19, 38-1-20, 38-1-21, 38-1-23, 38-1-25, 38-2-02, and 38-2-08 within Montgomery County, to be effective immediately, is granted. Said Magisterial Districts shall be as follows: Magisterial District 38-1-01 Magisterial District Judge Ester J. Casillo East Norriton Township West Norriton Township Magisterial District 38-1-02 Magisterial District Judge Elizabeth A. McHugh Jenkintown Borough Cheltenham Township (Voting Districts 5-1, 52, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, and 7-3) Magisterial District 38-1-03 Magisterial District Judge Christopher J. Cerski Cheltenham Township (Voting Districts 1-1, 12, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 34, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, and 4-4) Magisterial District 38-1-04 Magisterial District Judge John D. Kessler Rockledge Borough Abington Township (Voting Districts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 5-1, 5-2, 8-1, 8-2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 11-2, 14-1, 14-2, 15-1, and 15-2) Magisterial District 38-1-05 Magisterial District Judge Juanita A. Price Abington Township (Voting Districts 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 9-1, 9-2, 11-1, 11-3, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 13-1, 13-2, and 13-3) Magisterial District 38-1-06 Magisterial District Judge Henry J. Schireson Lower Merion Township (Voting Districts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-2, 3-3, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 10-3, 11-2, 11-2B, and 11-3) Magisterial District 38-1-07 Magisterial District Judge Kathleen M. Valentine Narberth Borough Lower Merion Township (Voting Districts 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 8-2, 8-4, 10-1, 10-2, and 11-1) Magisterial District 38-1-08 Magisterial District Judge Katherine E. McGill Magid Springfield Township Magisterial District 38-1-09 Magisterial District Judge William I. Maruszczak West Conshohocken Borough Upper Merion Township (Voting Districts Gulph 1 & 2, King 1 & 2, Roberts, Swedeland, and Swedesburg) Magisterial District 38-1-10 Magisterial District Judge Patricia A. Zaffarano Ambler Borough Upper Dublin Township -2- Magisterial District 38-1-11 Magisterial District Judge Scott T. Palladino Pottstown Borough (Voting Districts 2-1, 2-2, 3, 4, and 5) West Pottsgrove Township Magisterial District 38-1-12 Magisterial District Judge Edward C. Kropp, Sr. Pottstown Borough (Voting Districts 1-1, 1-2, 6, 7-1 and 7-2) Lower Pottsgrove Township Magisterial District 38-1-13 Magisterial District Judge Francis J. Bernhardt, III Conshohocken Borough (Voting Districts 1, 4, and 6) Plymouth Township Magisterial District 38-1-14 Magisterial District Judge Paul N. Leo Hatboro Borough Horsham Township (Voting Districts 3-3 and 3-4) Upper Moreland Township (Voting Districts 21, 2-2, 3-2, 5-1, 5-2, 7-1, and 7-2) Magisterial District 38-1-15 Magisterial District Judge Francis J. Lawrence, Jr. Norristown Borough (Voting Districts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 and 2-1) Magisterial District 38-1-16 Magisterial District Judge Margaret A. Hunsicker-Fleischer Norristown Borough (Voting Districts 2-3, 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3) Magisterial District 38-1-18 Magisterial District Judge Andrea D. Duffy Hatfield Township (Voting Districts 1-1, 1-2, 51, and 5-2) Montgomery Township Magisterial District 38-1-19 Magisterial District Judge Walter F. Gadzicki, Jr. Royersford Borough Limerick Township Upper Providence Township (Voting Districts Mingo 1 & 2, Mont Clare, and Trappe) Magisterial District 38-1-20 Magisterial District Judge Cathleen Kelly Rebar Collegeville Borough Trappe Borough Lower Providence Township Upper Providence Township (Voting District Oaks) -3- Magisterial District 38-1-21 Magisterial District Judge Robert M. Sobeck North Wales Borough Lower Gwynedd Township Upper Gwynedd Township Whitpain Township Magisterial District 38-1-22 Magisterial District Judge Harry J. Nesbitt, III Horsham Township (Voting Districts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-5, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, and 4-4) Magisterial District 38-1-23 Magisterial District Judge Deborah A. Lukens Conshohocken Borough (Voting Districts 2, 3, 5, and 7) Whitemarsh Township Magisterial District 38-1-24 Magisterial District Judge Albert J. Augustine Schwenksville Borough Souderton Borough Telford Borough Franconia Township Lower Salford Township Perkiomen Township Skippack Township Worcester Township Magisterial District 38-1-25 Magisterial District Judge James P. Gallagher Bridgeport Borough Upper Merion Township (Voting Districts Belmont 1-5, and Candlebrook 1 & 2) Magisterial District 38-1-28 Magisterial District Judge Harold D. Borek Hatfield Borough Lansdale Borough Hatfield Township (Voting Districts 2-1, 2-1, 31, 3-2, 4-1, and 4-4) Towamencin Township Magisterial District 38-2-02 Magisterial District Judge Catherine M. Hummel Fried East Greenville Borough Green Lane Borough Pennsburg Borough Red Hill Borough Marlborough Township Salford Township Upper Hanover Township Upper Salford Township -4- Magisterial District 38-2-03 Magisterial District Judge Maurice H. Saylor Douglass Township Lower Frederick Township New Hanover Township Upper Frederick Township Upper Pottsgrove Township Magisterial District 38-2-04 Magisterial District Judge Karen Eisner Zucker Lower Merion Township (Voting Districts 3-1, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 8-1, 8-3, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 12-1, 122, 12-3, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 14-1, 14-2, and 143) Magisterial District 38-2-08 Magisterial District Judge Jay S. Friedenberg Bryn Athyn Borough Lower Moreland Township Upper Moreland Township (Voting Districts 11, 1-2, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 6-1, and 6-2) Magisterial District (number to be determined) vacant Norristown Borough (Voting Districts 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3) -5-

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