IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: REESTABLISHMENT OF THE : NO. 516
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN :
THE 12th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MAGISTERIAL RULES DOCKET
THE COMMONWEALTH OF :
PENNSYLVANIA :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 13th day of October 2022, upon consideration of the Petition to
Reestablish the Magisterial Districts of the 12th Judicial District (Dauphin County) of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it is hereby ORDERED AND DECREED that the
Petition, which provides for the elimination of Magisterial District 12-3-02, within Dauphin
County, to be effective January 1, 2024, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides
for the realignment of Magisterial Districts 12-3-01 and 12-3-05, within Dauphin County,
to be effective January 1, 2024, is granted; and that the Petition, which provides for the
reestablishment of all remaining Magisterial Districts as they currently exist, to be effective
immediately, is granted.
Said Magisterial Districts shall be as follows:
Magisterial District 12-1-01 Penbrook Borough
Magisterial District Judge Marian Urrutia Susquehanna Township
Magisterial District 12-1-02 City of Harrisburg (Wards 5, 6, 10-
Magisterial District Judge Barbara Pianka 1, 10-3, 11, 12, 14)
Magisterial District 12-1-04 City of Harrisburg (Wards 3, 4, 8,
Magisterial District Judge David F. O’Leary 9-1)
Magisterial District 12-1-05 City of Harrisburg (Wards 9-2, 9-3,
Magisterial District Judge Hanif L. Johnson 9-4, 9-5, 13)
Magisterial District 12-1-06 Lower Paxton Township (Precincts
Magisterial District Judge Joseph S. Lindsey 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18,
22, 23, 26, 27)
Magisterial District 12-2-01 Lower Swatara Township
Magisterial District Judge Michael J. Smith Paxtang Borough
Swatara Township (Wards 2, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9)
Magisterial District 12-2-02 Highspire Borough
Magisterial District Judge Kenneth A. Lenker Steelton Borough
Swatara Township (Wards 1, 3)
Magisterial District 12-2-03 Conewago Township
Magisterial District Judge David H. Judy Londonderry Township
Middletown Borough
Royalton Borough
Magisterial District 12-2-04 City of Harrisburg (Wards 7, 10-2,
Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight 10-4, 15)
Magisterial District 12-2-05 City of Harrisburg (Wards 1, 2-1,
Magisterial District Judge Paul T. Zozos 2-2)
Magisterial District 12-3-01 Berrysburg Borough
Magisterial District Judge Rebecca Jo Margerum Elizabethville Borough
Gratz Borough
Halifax Borough
Halifax Township
Jackson Township
Jefferson Township
Lykens Borough
Lykens Township
Mifflin Township
Millersburg Borough
Pillow Borough
Reed Township
Rush Township
Upper Paxton Township
Washington Township
Wayne Township
Wiconisco Township
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Williams Township
Williamstown Borough
Magisterial District 12-3-03 Lower Paxton Township (Precincts
Magisterial District Judge William C. Wenner 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 21,
24, 25)
Magisterial District 12-3-04 Derry Township
Magisterial District Judge Dominic A. Pelino Hummelstown Borough
Magisterial District 12-3-05 Dauphin Borough
Magisterial District Judge Dale E. Klein East Hanover Township
Middle Paxton Towship
South Hanover Township
West Hanover Township
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