Local Rule Rule 39.3: Records, Files and Exhibits
E.D. Pa. — Civil rule
Rule 39.3 Records, Files and Exhibits
(a) No record or paper belonging to the files of the Court shall be taken from the office or custody of the Clerk except by court order.
(b) The Clerk shall not be required to enter upon the records of this Court any written paper which does not set forth the number of the original suit.
(c) If the papers in a case are mislaid or lost and cannot be found when the case is called for trial, they may be supplied by copies.
(d) All exhibits received in evidence, or offered and rejected, upon the hearing of any cause or motion shall be delivered to the courtroom deputy, who shall keep the same in custody, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
(e) All exhibits referred to in section (d) shall be taken from the courtroom deputy's custody by the party by whom they were produced or offered within thirty (30) days after the dismissal of the case by the parties or pursuant to Local Civil Rule 41.1 or the entry of final judgment by this Court, or, in the event of an appeal, within thirty (30) days after the receipt and filing of a mandate or other process or certificate showing the disposition of the case by the appellate court; otherwise, such exhibits shall be deemed abandoned and shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the courtroom deputy.