In Re: Reestablishment of the Magisterial Districts within the 38th (Montgomery) Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Date Filed2022-12-27
Docket525 Magisterial Rules Docket
JudgePer Curiam
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: REESTABLISHMENT OF THE : NO. 525
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN :
THE 38th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MAGISTERIAL RULES DOCKET
THE COMMONWEALTH OF :
PENNSYLVANIA :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 27th day of December 2022, 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 38-1-14, within
Montgomery County, to be effective January 2, 2024, is granted; and that the Petition,
which provides for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 38-1-02, 38-1-03, 38-1-06, 38-
1-07, 38-1-09, 38-1-13, 38-1-19, 38-1-20, 38-1-22, 38-1-23, 38-2-04, and 38-2-08, within
Montgomery County, to be effective January 2, 2024, is granted; and that the Petition,
which also provides for the reestablishment of Magisterial Districts 38-1-01, 38-1-04, 38-
1-05, 38-1-08, 38-1-10, 38-1-11, 38-1-12, 38-1-15, 38-1-16, 38-1-18, 38-1-21, 38-1-24,
38-1-25, 38-1-28, 38-2-02, 38-2-03, and, 38-2-09, within Montgomery County, to be
effective immediately, is granted.
Said Magisterial Districts shall be as follows:
Magisterial District 38-1-01 East Norriton Township
Magisterial District Judge Marc A. Alfarano West Norriton Township
Magisterial District 38-1-02 Jenkintown Borough
Magisterial District Judge Elizabeth A. Cheltenham Township, Voting
McHugh Casey Districts 3-2, 3-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4,
6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3
Magisterial District 38-1-03 Cheltenham Township, Voting
Magisterial District Judge Christopher J. Cerski Districts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2,
2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-4, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4
Magisterial District 38-1-04 Rockledge Borough
Magisterial District Judge John D. Kessler 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, 15-2
Magisterial District 38-1-05 Abington Township, Voting Districts
Magisterial District Judge Juanita A. Price 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, 13-3
Magisterial District 38-1-06 West Conshohocken Borough
Magisterial District Judge Henry J. Schireson Lower Merion Township, Voting
Districts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3,
6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 11-3
Magisterial District 38-1-07 Narberth Borough
Magisterial District Judge Michael P. Quinn 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, 10-3, 11-1, 11-2
Magisterial District 38-1-08 Springfield Township
Magisterial District Judge Katherine E.
McGill Magid
Magisterial District 38-1-09 Upper Merion Township, Voting
Magisterial District Judge Patrick O. Krouse Districts Gulph 1, Gulph 2, King 1,
King 2, Roberts, Swedeland,
Swedesburg
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Magisterial District 38-1-10 Ambler Borough
Magisterial District Judge Patricia A. Zaffarano Upper Dublin Township
Magisterial District 38-1-11 Pottstown Borough, Voting Districts
Magisterial District Judge Scott T. Palladino 2-1, 2-2, 3, 4, 5
West Pottsgrove Township
Magisterial District 38-1-12 Pottstown Borough, Voting Districts
Magisterial District Judge Edward C. Kropp, Sr. 1-1, 1-2, 6, 7-1, 7-2
Lower Pottsgrove Township
Magisterial District 38-1-13 Plymouth Township
Magisterial District Judge Jodi L. Griffis
Magisterial District 38-1-15 Norristown Borough, Voting Districts
Magisterial District Judge Denise R. Ashe 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1
Magisterial District 38-1-16 Norristown Borough, Voting Districts
Magisterial District Judge Margaret A. 2-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3
Hunsicker-Fleischer
Magisterial District 38-1-18 Hatfield Township, Voting Districts
Magisterial District Judge Andrea D. Duffy 1-1, 1-2, 5-1, 5-2
Montgomery Township
Magisterial District 38-1-19 Royersford Borough
Magisterial District Judge Richard H. Welsh Limerick Township
Upper Providence Township, Voting
Districts Mingo 1, Mingo 2, Trappe
Magisterial District 38-1-20 Collegeville Borough
Magisterial District Judge Cathleen Kelly Rebar Trappe Borough
Lower Providence Township
Upper Providence Township, Voting
Districts Oaks, Mont Clare
Magisterial District 38-1-21 North Wales Borough
Magisterial District Judge Suzan Leonard Lower Gwynedd Township
Upper Gwynedd Township
Whitpain Township
-3-
Magisterial District 38-1-22 Hatboro Borough
Magisterial District Judge Harry J. Nesbitt, III Horsham Township, Voting Districts
1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4,
2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5
Magisterial District 38-1-23 Conshohocken Borough, Voting
Magisterial District Judge Deborah A. Lukens Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Whitemarsh Township
Magisterial District 38-1-24 Schwenksville Borough
Magisterial District Judge Albert J. Augustine Souderton Borough
Telford Borough
Franconia Township
Lower Salford Township
Perkiomen Township
Skippack Township
Worchester Township
Magisterial District 38-1-25 Bridgeport Borough
Magisterial District Judge James P. Gallagher Upper Merion Township, Voting
Districts Belmont 1,2, 3,4,5;
Candlebrook 1, 2
Magisterial District 38-1-28 Hatfield Borough
Magisterial District Judge Edward J. Levine Lansdale Borough
Hatfield Township, Voting Districts
2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2
Towamencin Township
Magisterial District 38-2-02 East Greenville Borough
Magisterial District Judge Maureen C. Coggins Green Lane Borough
Pennsburg Borough
Red Hill Borough
Marlborough Township
Salford Township
Upper Hanover Township
Upper Salford Township
Magisterial District 38-2-03 Douglass Township
Magisterial District Judge Maurice H. Saylor Lower Frederick Township
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New Hanover Township
Upper Frederick Township
Upper Pottsgrove Township
Magisterial District 38-2-04 Lower Merion Township, Voting
Magisterial District Judge Karen Eisner Zucker Districts 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3,
8-1, 8-3, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3,12-1, 12-2,
12-3, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 14-1, 14-2,
14-3
Magisterial District 38-2-08 Bryn Athyn Borough
Magisterial District Judge Jay S. Friedenberg Lower Moreland Township
Upper Moreland Township, Voting
Districts 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2,
4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 7-2
Magisterial District 38-2-09 Norristown Borough, Voting Districts
Vacant 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3
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