U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Clerk's Office

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Judges' Procedures

Procedures for the judicial officers of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania can be found below. Mail Sent to the Court lists the room numbers and zip-code 4-digit extension numbers of these officers.

District Court Judges

Senior Judges

Magistrate Judges

District Court Judges

Judge	Procedures Document	Download
J. Curtis Joyner, Chief Judge	Policies and Procedures
Stewart Dalzell	Policies and Procedures (Part 1)
	Policies and Procedures (Part 2)
Eduardo C. Robreno	Outline of Pretrial and Trial Procedures
	Joint Status Report Pursuant to Rule 26(f) (Parties shall file this report 72 hours before the initial pretrial conference.)
Mary A. McLaughlin	Preliminary General Matters
	Courtroom Procedures
	Procedures for Voir Dire in a Civil Case
	Procedures for Voir Dire in a Criminal Case
Petrese B. Tucker	Policies and Procedures
Legrome D. Davis	Policies and Procedures
Cynthia M. Rufe	Policies and Procedures
Timothy J. Savage	Trial Procedures
	Procedures in Criminal Cases
	Policies and Procedures for Scheduling and Motion
	Report of Rule 26(f) Meeting
	Order Governing Electronic Discovery
James Knoll Gardner	Policies and Procedures
	Application for Continuance
	Jury Trial Attachment Order
	Non-Jury Trial Attachment Order
	Criminal Jury Trial Attachment Order
	Standing Order
	Rule 16 Telephone Conference Scheduling Order
Gene E.K. Pratter	Guidelines for Trial and Other Proceedings in the Courtroom
	General Pretrial and Trial Procedures
	Pilot Project Regarding Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action
Lawrence F. Stengel	Policies and Procedures
	Joint Status Report Pursuant to Rule 26(f)
	Order Governing Electronic Discovery
Paul S. Diamond	Judicial Practice and Procedures
Juan R. Sanchez	Policies and Procedures
	Joint Rule 16 Conference Information Report
Joel H. Slomsky	Courtroom and Trial Procedures
	Procedures in Criminal Cases
	Policies and Procedures for Scheduling and Motion
	Report of Rule 26(f) Meeting
	Order Governing Electronic Discovery
	Form - Speedy Trial Act Acknowledgment of Rights
C. Darnell Jones II	Policies and Procedures: General Matters, Civil Cases and Criminal Cases
	Report of Rule 26(f) Meeting
Mitchell S. Goldberg	Policies and Procedures

Senior Judges

Judge	Procedures Document	Download
Donald W. VanArtsdalen	-----
J. William Ditter, Jr.	Policies and Procedures
	Notices
Norma L. Shapiro	Policies and Procedures
	Pretrial Conference Order
	Pretrial Scheduling/Status Conference Report and Report of Parties' Planning Meeting
	Standard Management Track; Order
	Special Management Track; Case Management Policy
	Special Management Track; Pretrial Order No. 1
	Special Management Track; Service List
	RICO Case Standing Order
	Order In Re: Adoption of Code of Civility
	Code of Civility
	Working Rules of Professionalism, Adopted by the Philadelphia Bar Association
Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr.	Policies and Procedures
Edmund V. Ludwig	-----
Robert F. Kelly	Policies and Procedures
Jan E. DuBois	Policies and Procedures
Ronald L. Buckwalter	Policies and Procedures
William H. Yohn, Jr.	Policies and Procedures
Harvey Bartle III	Policies and Procedures
John R. Padova	Policies and Procedures
	Notice to Counsel
	Scheduling Information Report
	Rule 16 Scheduling Order
	Notice to Counsel - Arbitration Trial De Novo
	Rule 16 Scheduling Order - Arbitration Trial De Novo
Anita B. Brody	Policies and Procedures
	Scheduling Order
	Notice
	Order
Berle M. Schiller	Policies and Procedures
	Scheduling Order
	Rule 16 Conference Information Report
R. Barclay Surrick	Policies and Procedures
Michael M. Baylson	Notice to Counsel - Pretrial and Trial Procedures - Civil Cases
	Conference Information Report

Magistrate Judges

Judge	Procedures Document	Download
Carol Sandra Moore Wells, Chief Magistrate Judge	Policies and Procedures
Thomas J. Rueter	Policies and Procedures
Linda K. Caracappa	-----
Timothy R. Rice	Policies and Procedures
	Settlement Procedures
David R. Strawbridge	Policies and Procedures
L. Felipe Restrepo	Policies and Procedures
	Trial Protocol
Henry S. Perkin	Policies and Procedures
	Settlement Procedures
Elizabeth T. Hey	Policies and Procedures
	Scheduling Order - Jury
	Scheduling Order - Bench
	Standing Order - Jury
	Standing Order - Bench
	Settlement Schedule
Lynne A. Sitarski	Policies and Procedures
Arnold C. Rapoport	Policies and Procedures
M. Faith Angell	Policies and Procedures
Jacob P. Hart	Policies and Procedures
	Standing Order - Jury
	Standing Order - Bench
	Scheduling Order
	Backup Scheduling Order
	Courtroom Rules
	Settlement Schedule

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