In Re: Reestablishment of the Magisterial Districts within the 5th (Allegheny) 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 5th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : : : NO. 526 MAGISTERIAL RULES DOCKET : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 27th day of December 2022, upon consideration of the Petition to Reestablish the Magisterial Districts of the 5th Judicial District (Allegheny County) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it is hereby ORDERED AND DECREED that the Petition, which provides for the elimination of Magisterial Districts 05-3-05, within Allegheny County, to be effective January 3, 2028, is granted; realignment of Magisterial Districts 05-3-09, 05-2-13, and 05-2-26, within Allegheny County, to be effective January 3, 2028, is granted; and that the Petition, which also provides for the reestablishment of Magisterial Districts 05-2-01, 05-2-02, 05-2-03, 05-2-04, 05-2-05, 05-2-06, 05-2-07, 052-08, 05-2-10, 05-2-11, 05-2-12, 05-2-14, 05-2-15, 05-2-16, 05-2-17, 05-2-18, 05-2-19, 05-2-20, 05-2-21, 05-2-22, 05-2-23, 05-2-25, 05-2-27, 05-2-28, 05-2-31, 05-2-32, 05-235, 05-2-36, 05-2-38, 05-2-40, 05-2-42, 05-2-43, 05-2-47, 05-3-02, 05-3-03, 05-3-04, 053-06, 05-3-10, 05-3-12, 05-3-13, 05-3-14, 05-3-17, 05-0-03, and 05-0-04, within Allegheny County, to be effective immediately, is granted. Said Magisterial Districts shall be as follows: Magisterial District 05-2-01 Magisterial District Judge Tara L. Smith Avalon Borough Bellevue Borough Ben Avon Borough Ben Avon Heights Borough Emsworth Borough Kilbuck Township Ohio Township Magisterial District 05-2-02 Magisterial District Judge Richard G. Opiela West View Borough Ross Township Magisterial District 05-2-03 Magisterial District Judge Daniel J. Konieczka, Jr. Etna Borough Millvale Borough Reserve Township Shaler Township Magisterial District 05-2-04 Magisterial District Judge Matthew V. Rudzki Aspinwall Borough Blawnox Borough Fox Chapel Borough Sharpsburg Borough Indiana Township O’Hara Township Magisterial District 05-2-05 Magisterial District Judge Carolyn S. Bengel Brackenridge Borough Tarentum Borough East Deer Township Fawn Township Harrison Township Magisterial District 05-2-06 Magisterial District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca Verona Borough Penn Hills Township Wilkins Township Magisterial District 05-2-07 Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst Monroeville Borough Pitcairn Borough Magisterial District 05-2-08 Vacant Braddock Hills Borough Chalfant Borough -2- Churchill Borough Forest Hills Borough Swissvale Borough Magisterial District 05-2-10 Magisterial District Judge Kim M. Hoots Edgewood Borough Wilkinsburg Borough Magisterial District 05-2-11 Magisterial District Judge Roxanne S. Eichler East McKeesport Borough Trafford Borough Wall Borough Wilmerding Borough North Versailles Township Magisterial District 05-2-12 Magisterial District Judge William K. Wagner Bradford Woods Borough Marshall Township McCandless Township Pine Township Magisterial District 05-2-13 Magisterial District Judge Eugene F. Riazzi City of McKeesport Versailles Borough Magisterial District 05-2-14 Magisterial District Judge Richard D. Olasz, Jr. Dravosburg Borough Rankin Borough West Mifflin Borough Whitaker Borough Magisterial District 05-2-15 Magisterial District Judge Patrick D. Campbell Homestead Borough Munhall Borough West Homestead Borough Magisterial District 05-2-16 Magisterial District Judge Michael W. Thatcher Jefferson Hills Borough Pleasant Hills Borough South Park Township Magisterial District 05-2-17 Magisterial District Judge David J. Barton Castle Shannon Borough Whitehall Borough Baldwin Township Magisterial District 05-2-18 Magisterial District Judge Ralph E. Kaiser Baldwin Borough Brentwood Borough -3- Magisterial District 05-2-19 Magisterial District Judge Hilary K. Wheatley Dormont Borough Mount Lebanon Township Magisterial District 05-2-20 Magisterial District Judge Ronald A. Arnoni Bethel Park Borough Upper Saint Clair Township Magisterial District 05-2-21 Magisterial District Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet Bridgeville Borough Collier Township South Fayette Township Magisterial District 05-2-22 Magisterial District Judge Craig C. Stephens Green Tree Borough Heidelberg Borough Scott Township Magisterial District 05-2-23 Magisterial District Judge John P. Kobistek Carnegie Borough Crafton Borough Ingram Borough Pennsbury Village Borough Rosslyn Farms Borough Thornburg Borough Magisterial District 05-2-25 Magisterial District Judge Michele K. Santicola Coraopolis Borough Crescent Township Moon Township Neville Township Magisterial District 05-2-26 Magisterial District Judge Beth Scagline-Mills Elizabeth Borough West Elizabeth Borough White Oak Borough Elizabeth Township Forward Township South Versailles Township Magisterial District 05-2-27 Magisterial District Judge Eugene N. Ricciardi City of Pittsburgh, Wards 4, 6, 17 Magisterial District 05-2-28 Magisterial District Judge Oscar J. Petite, Jr. City of Pittsburgh, Wards 1, 2, 3, 5 -4- Magisterial District 05-2-31 Magisterial District Judge Mikhail N. Pappas City of Pittsburgh, Wards 8, 10, 11 Magisterial District 05-2-32 Vacant Oakmont Borough Plum Borough Magisterial District 05-2-35 Magisterial District Judge Daniel E. Butler City of Pittsburgh, Wards 7, 14 Magisterial District 05-2-36 Magisterial District Judge James J. Hanley, Jr. City of Pittsburgh, Wards 15, 31 Magisterial District 05-2-38 Magisterial District Judge James A. Motznik City of Pittsburgh, Ward 19 Magisterial District 05-2-40 Magisterial District Judge Jehosha A. Wright City of Pittsburgh, Wards 2125 Magisterial District 05-2-42 Magisterial District Judge Leah Williams Duncan City of Pittsburgh, Wards 26, 27 Magisterial District 05-2-43 Magisterial District Judge Carla M. Swearingen Kennedy Township Robinson Township Magisterial District 05-2-47 Magisterial District Judge Scott H. Schricker Braddock Borough East Pittsburgh Borough North Braddock Borough Turtle Creek Borough Duquesne City Magisterial District 05-3-02 Magisterial District Judge Robert L. Ford Bell Acres Borough Edgeworth Borough Franklin Park Borough Glenfield Borough Haysville Borough Leetsdale Borough Osborne Borough Sewickley Borough Sewickley Heights Borough Sewickley Hills Borough -5- Aleppo Township Leet Township Magisterial District 05-3-03 Magisterial District Judge David J. Sosovicka Cheswick Borough Springdale Borough Frazer Township Harmar Township Springdale Township Magisterial District 05-3-04 Magisterial District Judge Thomas T. Swan Hampton Township Richland Township West Deer Township Magisterial District 05-3-06 Magisterial District Judge Bruce J. Boni McKees Rocks Borough Stowe Township Magisterial District 05-3-09 Magisterial District Judge Armand A. Martin Glassport Borough Liberty Borough Port Vue Borough Lincoln Borough City of Clairton Magisterial District 05-3-10 Magisterial District Judge Alexander Orenstein City of Pittsburgh, Wards 6, 9 Magisterial District 05-3-12 Magisterial District Judge Kevin E. Cooper, Jr. City of Pittsburgh, Wards 12, 13 Magisterial District 05-3-13 Magisterial District Judge Nicholas C. Martini City of Pittsburgh, Wards 20, 28 Magisterial District 05-3-14 Magisterial District Judge Richard G. King Mt. Oliver Borough City of Pittsburgh, Wards 18, 29, 30, 32 Magisterial District 05-3-17 Magisterial District Judge Anthony W. Saveikis McDonald Borough Oakdale Borough Findlay Township North Fayette Township -6- -7-
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