Title: Tranquilli, M. v. Judicial Conduct Board (miscellaneous)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 83 EM 2020
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: November 13, 2020

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT MARK V. TRANQUILLI, Petitioner v. JUDICIAL CONDUCT BOARD OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 83 EM 2020 ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 13th day of November, 2020, The “Petition for Expedited Allowance of Subpoena Pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 1701” is DENIED. To the extent the petition seeks permission to subpoena the Honorable Edward J. Borkowski to appear as a fact witness at Petitioner’s trial before the Court of Judicial Discipline, it is noted that Rule of Judicial Administration 1701 does not require an individual to seek this Court’s permission to subpoena a judge to appear as a fact witness. See Pa.R.J.A. 1701(B) (“No subpoena to compel a judge or magisterial district judge to testify as a character witness shall be issued or enforced unless the issuance of the subpoena shall have been specially allowed by the Supreme Court pursuant to this rule.”).