The purpose of this document is to provide practical suggestions and procedures to follow when your court requires a change of venue or venire, or. Write the Plaintiff's name on the line above the word "Plaintiff". 2.The order changing venue shall be certified to the Supreme Court, which shall designate the county to which the case is to be transferred. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court laid out the basic requirements for a motion to transfer venue on the basis of forum non conveniens in Cheeseman v. The Supreme Court lowered the bar for defendants to show a venue change is proper based on forum non conveniens. A motion for a change of venue is a legal request for a party to transfer the case from one location to another. Fair or impartial trial. 2023) (requiring recusal of a judge whose comments hostile to the defense in a notorious recent capital trial had been widely reported in the. There is another vehicle for transfer; that is for the convenience of the parties and witnesses. Pennsylvania Rule of.
