IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: REESTABLISHMENT OF THE

MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN 

THE 38th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF 

PENNSYLVANIA

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NO. 525 

MAGISTERIAL RULES DOCKET

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

Magisterial District Judge Marc A. Alfarano

East Norriton Township

West Norriton Township
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Magisterial District 38-1-02

Magisterial District Judge Elizabeth A. 

McHugh Casey

Jenkintown Borough

Cheltenham Township, Voting 

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

Magisterial District Judge Christopher J. Cerski

Cheltenham Township, Voting 

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

Magisterial District Judge John D. Kessler

Rockledge Borough

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

Magisterial District Judge Juanita A. Price

Abington Township, Voting Districts 

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

Magisterial District Judge Henry J. Schireson

West Conshohocken Borough

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

Magisterial District Judge Michael P. Quinn

Narberth Borough

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

Magisterial District Judge Katherine E.

McGill Magid

Springfield Township

Magisterial District 38-1-09

Magisterial District Judge Patrick O. Krouse

Upper Merion Township, Voting 

Districts Gulph 1, Gulph 2, King 1, 

King 2, Roberts, Swedeland, 

Swedesburg
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Magisterial District 38-1-10

Magisterial District Judge Patricia A. Zaffarano

Ambler Borough

Upper Dublin Township

Magisterial District 38-1-11

Magisterial District Judge Scott T. Palladino

Pottstown Borough, Voting Districts

2-1, 2-2, 3, 4, 5

West Pottsgrove Township

Magisterial District 38-1-12

Magisterial District Judge Edward C. Kropp, Sr.

Pottstown Borough, Voting Districts

1-1, 1-2, 6, 7-1, 7-2

Lower Pottsgrove Township

Magisterial District 38-1-13

Magisterial District Judge Jodi L. Griffis

Plymouth Township

Magisterial District 38-1-15

Magisterial District Judge Denise R. Ashe

Norristown Borough, Voting Districts 

1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1

Magisterial District 38-1-16

Magisterial District Judge Margaret A. 

Hunsicker-Fleischer

Norristown Borough, Voting Districts

2-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3

Magisterial District 38-1-18

Magisterial District Judge Andrea D. Duffy

Hatfield Township, Voting Districts

1-1, 1-2, 5-1, 5-2

Montgomery Township

Magisterial District 38-1-19

Magisterial District Judge Richard H. Welsh

Royersford Borough

Limerick Township

Upper Providence Township, Voting 

Districts Mingo 1, Mingo 2, Trappe

Magisterial District 38-1-20

Magisterial District Judge Cathleen Kelly Rebar

Collegeville Borough

Trappe Borough

Lower Providence Township

Upper Providence Township, Voting 

Districts Oaks, Mont Clare

Magisterial District 38-1-21

Magisterial District Judge Suzan Leonard

North Wales Borough

Lower Gwynedd Township

Upper Gwynedd Township

Whitpain Township
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Magisterial District 38-1-22

Magisterial District Judge Harry J. Nesbitt, III

Hatboro Borough

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

Magisterial District Judge Deborah A. Lukens

Conshohocken Borough, Voting 

Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Whitemarsh Township

Magisterial District 38-1-24

Magisterial District Judge Albert J. Augustine

Schwenksville Borough

Souderton Borough

Telford Borough

Franconia Township

Lower Salford Township

Perkiomen Township

Skippack Township

Worchester Township

Magisterial District 38-1-25

Magisterial District Judge James P. Gallagher

Bridgeport Borough

Upper Merion Township, Voting 

Districts Belmont 1,2, 3,4,5;

Candlebrook 1, 2

Magisterial District 38-1-28

Magisterial District Judge Edward J. Levine

Hatfield Borough

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

Magisterial District Judge Maureen C. Coggins

East Greenville Borough

Green Lane Borough

Pennsburg Borough

Red Hill Borough

Marlborough Township

Salford Township

Upper Hanover Township

Upper Salford Township

Magisterial District 38-2-03

Magisterial District Judge Maurice H. Saylor

Douglass Township

Lower Frederick Township
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New Hanover Township

Upper Frederick Township

Upper Pottsgrove Township

Magisterial District 38-2-04

Magisterial District Judge Karen Eisner Zucker 

Lower Merion Township, Voting 

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

Magisterial District Judge Jay S. Friedenberg

Bryn Athyn Borough

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

Vacant

Norristown Borough, Voting Districts 

2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3