PA-ED — Summary Judgment
E.D. Pa. — PA-ED has no district-wide statement-of-material-facts framework.
PA-ED has no district-wide statement-of-material-facts framework. SMF format on summary judgment motions is set by the assigned judge (or not at all). Among our 10-court sample, PA-ED is one of two districts (with TX-SD) without a district-wide SMF rule for ordinary summary judgment.
Mechanics
- District-wide: No Rule 56.1-style SMF requirement. (PA-ED's Rule 56.1 covers warrant-of-attorney judgments, an unrelated topic.)
- FRCP 56 baseline: Governs as the federal default.
- Per judge: Check the assigned judge's standing order before drafting MSJ.
Operational note
Counsel coming from 56.1 jurisdictions should expect the brief itself carries more weight on PA-ED summary judgment because there is no operative SMF document by default. Counsel from districts without 56.1 frameworks should still check the assigned judge — some PA-ED judges have adopted 56.1-style requirements via standing order.
For the trap on no district SMF framework, see Watchpoints #3.