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

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Procedures - District Court Judges
Procedures - Senior Judges
Procedures - Magistrate Judges


District Court Judge Available Documents
Harvey Bartle III, Chief Judge
Policies and Procedures
Stewart Dalzell
Policies and Procedures (Part 1)
Policies and Procedures (Part 2)
J. Curtis Joyner
Policies and Procedures
Eduardo C. Robreno
Outline of Pretrial and Trial Procedures
Notice
Initial Pretrial Conference Status Report
Notice to Counsel of Agenda of Initial Pretrial Conference
Pretrial Scheduling Order
Order
Specially Listing and Speedy Trial Act Complexity Order
Notice of Sentencing
Anita B. Brody
Policies and Procedures
Scheduling Order
Notice
Mary A. McLaughlin
Policies and Procedures
Petrese B. Tucker
Policies and Procedures
Berle M. Schiller
Policies and Procedures
Scheduling Order
Rule 16 Conference Information Report
R. Barclay Surrick
Policies and Procedures
Legrome D. Davis
Policies and Procedures
Cynthia M. Rufe
Policies and Procedures
Michael M. Baylson
Notice to Counsel - Pretrial and Trial Procedures - Civil Cases
Conference Information Report
Timothy J. Savage
Trial Procedures
Policy for Arbitration Cases
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
General Pretrial and Trial Procedures
Guidelines for Trial and Other Proceedings in the Courtroom
Lawrence F. Stengel
Policies and Procedures
Paul S. Diamond
Judicial Practice and Procedures
Juan R. Sanchez
Policies and Procedures
Thomas M. Golden
Policies and Procedures


Senior Judge Available Documents
John P. Fullam
Policies and Procedures
Donald W. VanArtsdalen
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J. William Ditter, Jr.
Policies and Procedures
Notice
Louis H. Pollak
Policies and Procedures
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
James T. Giles
Policies and Procedures
Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr.
Policies and Procedures
Marvin Katz
Policies and Procedures
Edmund V. Ludwig
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Robert F. Kelly
Policies and Procedures
Lowell A. Reed, Jr.
Standard Management Track; Case Management Policy
Arbitration Track; Scheduling and Discovery Policy
Pretrial Order for Arbitration Case
Pretrial Order for Arbitration Case; Non-Jury
Order to Implement Self-Executing Disclosure
Scheduling Order for Preliminary Injunction
Final Pretrial Order
Final Pretrial Order
Final Pretrial Order; Non-Jury Trial
Standing Order; Special Management Track Case Management Policy
Notice to Counsel - Communication with Court and Staff
Jan E. Dubois
Policies and Procedures
Ronald L. Buckwalter
Policies and Procedures
William H. Yohn, Jr.
Policies and Procedures
John R. Padova
Policies and Procedures
Notice to Counsel
Scheduling Information Report
Rule 16 Scheduling Order
Bruce W. Kauffman
Policies and Procedures


U.S. Magistrate Judge Available Documents
Thomas J. Rueter, Chief Magistrate Judge
Policies and Procedures
Carol Sandra Moore Wells
Policies and Procedures
Jacob P. Hart
Policies and Procedures
Standing Order - Jury
Standing Order - Bench
Scheduling Order
Backup Scheduling Order
Courtroom Rules
Settlement Schedule
Linda K. Caracappa
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Timothy R. Rice
Policies and 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
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Peter B. Scuderi
Policies and Procedures
Arnold C. Rapoport
Policies and Procedures
M. Faith Angell
Policies and Procedures