The state Superior Court is the wrong court to hear a challenge regarding a judge’s administrative duties, the intermediate court has ruled.
In its March 14 decision in In re Recusal/John C. Lackatos, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Superior Court held that a challenge to a judge’s ability to appoint members to the local court’s conflict counsel should first be brought before the Commonwealth Court as a matter of original jurisdiction, and then brought to the state Supreme Court for appellate review. The court’s decision quashed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal of a judge’s order denying a request to transfer his responsibilities regarding appointing conflict counsel.
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