Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Pennsylvania

I assume the appeal documents you filed contained something named a "Rule to File Complaint." That requires the plaintiff (P) to file a complaint with the court within 20 days. If P does file the complaint within that time period you can ask the court to dismiss the case. But 1st you have to give P what's called a "10 day notice". This provides P 10 additional days to file the complaint. There is a specific form that you need to mail to the P. If you mail that form & P still does not file a complaint, after 10 days you can file a Motion for Non Pros. Check with the Prothonotary in the court you're in to see if it can provide you with the 10 day notice of nonpros form (make sure it's not 10 day notice of default) & a non pros motion form. Good luck.

I agree with Mr. Teitell. The type of form you have to file can be found at http://www.formsworkflow.com/d49405.aspx

Put the Common Pleas caption, court term and number on the form as well as the county of the court of common pleas. Your zip code indicates Tobyhanna which is in Monroe County. If this is where the common pleas action is pending, substitute Monroe county for Dauphin county on the form and at the bottom, put:

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