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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 22-1006

THE COURTS

SUPREME COURT

Reestablishment of the Magisterial Districts within the 31st Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; No. 492 Magisterial Rules Docket

[52 Pa.B. 3821]
[Saturday, July 9, 2022]

Order

Per Curiam

And Now, this 28th day of June 2022, upon consideration of the Petition to Reestablish the Magisterial Districts of the 31st Judicial District (Lehigh County) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it is hereby Ordered and Decreed that the Petition, which provides for the reestablishment of Magisterial Districts 31-1-02, 31-1-03, 31-1-05, 31-1-06, 31-1-07, 31-1-08, 31-2-02, and 31-3-01, within Lehigh County, to be effective immediately, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the elimination of Magisterial District 31-2-03, within Lehigh County, to be effective November 1, 2022, is granted; and that the Petition, which also provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 31-3-02 and 31-3-03, within Lehigh County, to be effective November 1, 2022, is also granted. It is further Ordered And Decreed that the Petition, which provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 31-1-01, 31-1-04, and 31-2-01, within Lehigh County, to be effective January 1, 2024, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the addition of a newly created magisterial district within Lehigh County, to be effective January 1, 2024, is granted. The newly created magisterial district shall be filled in the municipal election of 2023.

 Said Magisterial Districts shall be as follows:

Magisterial District 31-1-01
Magisterial District Judge Linda D. Vega Sirop
City of Allentown, Ward 8
Magisterial District 31-1-02
Magisterial District Judge Rashid O. Santiago
City of Allentown, Wards 4, 7, 11
Magisterial District 31-1-03
Magisterial District Judge Ronald S. Manescu
City of Allentown, Wards 3, 13, 17, 18
Magisterial District 31-1-04
Magisterial District Judge David M. Howells, Jr. 
City of Allentown, Wards 12, 19
Magisterial District 31-1-05
Magisterial District Judge Michael D. D'Amore
Catasauqua Borough
Hanover Township
City of Allentown, Wards 14, 15
Magisterial District 31-1-06
Magisterial District Judge Amy L. Zanelli
Fountain Hill Borough
City of Bethlehem, Wards 10, 11, 12, 13
Magisterial District 31-1-07
Magisterial District Judge Todd P. Heffelfinger
Coplay Borough
Whitehall Township
Magisterial District 31-1-08
Magisterial District Judge Michael J. Pochron
City of Allentown, Ward
16
Salisbury Township
Magisterial District 31-2-01
Magisterial District Judge Karen C. Devine
City of Allentown, Wards 1, 2, 5, 9
Magisterial District 31-2-02
Magisterial District Judge Jacob E. Hammond
North Whitehall Township
South Whitehall Township
Magisterial District 31-3-01
Magisterial District Judge Thomas C. Creighton
Slatington Borough
Heidelberg Township
Lowhill Township
Lynn Township
Washington Township
Weisenberg Township
Magisterial District 31-3-02
Magisterial District Judge Michael J. Faulkner
Alburtis Borough
Lower Macungie Township
Upper Macungie Township
Magisterial District 31-3-03
Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. Trexler
Coopersburg Borough
Emmaus Borough
Macungie Borough
Lower Milford Township
Upper Milford Township
Upper Saucon Township
Magisterial District 31-X-XX
Magisterial District Judge TBD
City of Allentown, Wards 6, 10
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-1006. Filed for public inspection July 8, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]



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