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# Christine L. Line

Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 09-3-04 · Magisterial District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 09-3-04
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Magisterial District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording photography evidence presentation

Scope: statewide

For Pennsylvania Common Pleas proceedings, statewide Pa.R.J.A. 1910 prohibits courtroom broadcasting, recording, and photography unless an exception or judicial authorization applies; the rule also recognizes judge-authorized electronic or photographic means for evidence presentation.

Evidence excerpt: the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence

[201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/minor-courts/magisterial-district-judges)
- [201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- The current Magisterial District Judge for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, District 09‐3‐04, serving until December 31, 2031
- Law Clerk to Justice Thomas G. Saylor, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Founding Principal of Line Legal, LLC, providing legal counsel in administrative law, construction defect claims, employment disputes, and real property matters
- Christine L. Line holds the office of Magisterial District Judge for District 09‐3‐04 in Cumberland County, PA

### Education


### Additional information

- She is admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Counsel to the Republican Caucus of the Professional and Occupational Licensure Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where she worked on statutory and regulatory matters, including updates to the Professional Nursing Law, Medical Practice Act, Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, and the Crane Operators Practice Act