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pa-56-24-824: Termination of cases with deceased defendants; administrative order No. 3 of 2026

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Summary

Order And Now , this 27th day of May, 2026, the Traffic Division of Philadelphia Municipal Court having learned that according to the Department of Health, approximately 20,400 cases have defendants who are now deceased, It Is Hereby Ordered And Decreed that all Traffic Court cases on the following list as Exhibit ''A'' shall be terminated effective immediately. This Administrative Order shall be filed with the Office of Judicial Records in a docket maintained for Administrative Orders issued by the Administrative Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court, Traffic Division, and copies shall be submitted to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee, and the Minor Court Rules Committee. Copies of the Order shall also be submitted to American Lawyer Media, The Legal Intelligencer , Jenkins Memorial Law Library and the Law Library for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. By the Court HONORABLE JOFFIE C. PITTMAN, III, Administrative Judge Philadelphia Municipal Court First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Exhibit A MJ-01001-TR-0032519-2009 MJ-01001-TR-0032520-2009 MJ-01001-TR-0029183-2012 MJ-01001-TR-0029184-2012 MJ-01001-TR-0033191-2007 MJ-01001-TR-0003697-2007 MJ-01001-TR-0003698-2007 MJ-01001-TR-0023453-2007 MJ-01001-TR-0003699-2007 MJ-01001-TR-0003700-2007 MJ-01001-TR-0020660-2005 MJ-01001-TR-0020661-2005 MJ-01001-TR-0020662-2005 MJ-01001-TR-0010044-2015 MJ-01001-TR-0010045-2015...

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