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# Colleen Mancuso

Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 43-3-04 · Magisterial District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Pennsylvania Magisterial District Court 43-3-04
- 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

- 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.