Colleen Mancuso

Professional career

• Colleen Mancuso has been a magisterial district judge (MDJ) in Pennsylvania since 2012
• On December 28, 2023, Monroe County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Margherita Patti‐Worthington issued an administrative order restricting Mancuso from processing search warrants, arrest warrants, and preliminary arraignments in her district
• Position: Magisterial District Judge, District 43‐3‐04

Education

Additional information

• As of the reporting, nearly all defendants had signed the waiver
• She said President Judge Patti‐Worthington consulted the state Ethics Advisory Panel and issued a waiver that defendants and their attorneys can sign to acknowledge the situation and allow her to continue.
• MDJs handle summary offenses, traffic violations, landlord‐tenant disputes, civil claims under $12,000, preliminary arraignments, bail setting, warrant issuance, and preliminary hearings.