Case Title: In Re: Appointment of Administrative Judge of Philadelphia Municipal Court, First Judicial District (appointment)

Citation: 

Docket Number: 599 Judicial Administration 2023

State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: No. 599

APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE — : Judicial Administration Docket
JUDGE OF PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL
COURT, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

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PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 10" day of October, 2023, in accordance with the general
supervisory and administrative powers vested in this Court by Article V, Section 10 of the
Pennsylvania Constitution, itis hereby ordered as follows:

‘The Honorable Joffie C. Pittman, lll, Administrative Judge of the Traffic Court of
the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, is hereby relieved of said assignment, effective
December 31, 2023. Further, the position of Administrative Judge of the Traffic Court of
the First Judicial District is hereby suspended until further order of this Court.

‘The position of Administrative Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court is hereby
reinstituted, effective January 1, 2024. The Honorable Joffe C. Pittman, Ill is hereby
appointed to the position of Administrative Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Cour, for
a term of three years or at the pleasure of this Court, effective January 1, 2024.

‘The composition of the Administrative Governing Board (‘Board’) of the First
Judicial District, as set forth in this Court's January 27, 2016 order, see No, 480 Judicial
‘Administration Docket, is hereby amended. The Administrative Judge of the Philadelphia
Municipal Court shall replace the Administrative Judge of the Traffic Court of the First
Judicial District on the Board, effective January 1, 2024,