L.A.R. 27.5: Powers of Single Judge

A single judge of the court may not grant or deny a motion that the court has ordered to be acted on by the court or a panel thereof, and ordinarily a single judge will not entertain and grant or deny a motion for release or for modification of the conditions of release pending review in a criminal case, a motion for leave to intervene, or a motion to postpone the oral argument in a case which has been included by the clerk in the argument list for a particular weekly session of the court. The action of a single judge may be reviewed by a panel of the court.

Prior Court Rule 2.4 provided that a single judge could not entertain a motion for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae or a motion that a party requests be heard orally by the Court. 3d Cir. L.A.R. 27.5 removes these restrictions and permits a single judge to entertain such motions.