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Home My WebLink About07-1864t Darrell L. Suhr, V. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Appellant Docket No. O 7 , 1 pG 0, v ?U'F Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee NOTICE OF APPEAL FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE SUSPENSION SUFFERED BY THE APPELLANT LISTED ABOVE TO THE PROTHONOTARY: Notice is given that Darrell L. Suhr Oper#15-711-227), appeals from the "Order of Suspension of Official Emissions Inspector," dated March 16, 2007, attached as Exhibit "A". This appeal is being filed pursuant to 75 Pa. C.S.A. § 4726(c). Respectfully submitted, Dated: April 4, 2007 KEEFER WOOD ALLEN & RAHAL, LLP By ERIC R. AUGUS NE Attorney I.D. #74277 635 North 12'h Street, Suite 400 (717) 612-5803 (717) 612-5805 (fax) Attorneys for Appellant 4. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I& I, Eric R. Augustine, Esquire, hereby certify that I have served the foregoing paper this date by depositing a true and correct copy of the same by facsimile (717) 772-2741 and certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed as follows: Andrew S. Gordon Chief Counsel Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Chief Counsel's Office Riverfront Office Center 1101 South Front Street, 3rd Floor Harrisburg, PA 17104-2416 KEEFER WOOD ALLEN & RAHAL, LLP By r1l", Dated: April 4, 2007 ti I- COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ltk DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HARRISBURG, PA 17104 March 16, 2007 Darrell L. Suhr RE: Oper#15-711-227 1228 Piketown Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 (Brenner's Nissan-OIS#K-83) ORDER OF SUSPENSION OF OFFICIAL EMISSIONS INSPECTOR Your are hereby notified that your certification as an Official Emissions Inspector is suspended, pursuant to Section 4726 of the Vehicle Code. No vehicle emission inspections may be performed during the suspension. Pursuant to Departmental regulations, your certification as an Official Emissions Inspector is suspended for three (3) months for faulty inspection of equipment or parts (failed to test vehicle with DLC Communication, sticker # IM6-5955635) and one (1) year for fraudulent record keeping. Further, the Department is including in this offense, the lesser included offenses of improper record keeping and careless record keeping. The suspension(s) will run consecutively, for a total suspension of fifteen (15) months. This suspension is to run consecutively with any other suspension(s) imposed by the Department for any violation(s) considered separately. You are ordered to surrender to the bearer of this notice, who is an authorized representative of the Department of Transportation, your Emissions Inspector Certification Card. Upon the completion of your suspension, your inspector certification card will be returned to you. You have the right to appeal this Departmental Order of Suspension to the Court of Common Pleas of the County in which the above referenced inspection station is located, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDER. If you do file an appeal, a signed and time-stamped copy of the appeal must be served upon the Department at the mailing address listed below. FILING OF AN APPEAL DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY STAY THE SUSPENSION. In order for your privileges to be restored pending appeal, a signed Order of Supersedeas from the Court directing the Department to stay the suspension must be served upon the Department at the mailing address listed below. MAILING ADDRESS: Department of Transportation Chief Counsel's Office Riverfront Office Center 1101 S Front Street, 3rd Floor Harrisburg, PA 17104-2416 Sincerely, Kurt J. Myers, Director Bureau of Motor Vehicles EXHIBIT "A" ` J b Q C`s C_ ri-r r-a V O `n r ;yji71 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Darrell L. Suhr, Docket No. Appellant : V. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee ORDER OF SUPERSEDEAS AND NOW, this 1 a day of April, 2007, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, is hereby directed to stay the suspension of the certification as an Official Emission Inspector of: Darrell L., Suhr (Oper#15-711-227) dated March 16, 2007. The Department of Transportation is ORDERED to return the certification of Darrell L. Suhr immediately while his appeal of the certification suspension is pending. BY THE COURT: ?s J. Distribution: Andrew S. Gordon, Chief Counsel, Commonwealth of PA y ?q-0 9 Eric R. Augustine, Esquire, Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal, LLP •y ;t i• Di 613 : 'Ct- 11 91 (,!-IYJ L 0 0 Z DARRELL L. SUHR IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA V. COMMONWEALTH OF NO. 2007 -1864 CIVIL TERM PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF : TRANSPORTATION : CIVIL ACTION -LAW ORDER OF COURT AND NOW, this 4TH day of MAY, 2007, a hearing on the "Order of Suspension of Official Emissions Inspector", is scheduled for THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom # 3. the . Guido, J. Inc R. Augustine, Esquire 635 North 12TH Street, Suite 400 Lemoyne, Pa. 17043 /avid Markowitz, Esquire Riverfront Office Center 1101 South Front Street Harrisburg, Pa. 17104 :sld t UNZ . Appellant V. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee Jeffrey S. Wissler, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Appellant V. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee Colin N. Gurganious, II, Appellant V. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee Darrell L. Suhr, Docket No. 07-1862 Docket No. 07-1863 Docket No. 07-1864 ? MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE AND NOW, comes Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal, LLP, counsel for Appellants in the above matter, and requests this Court to consolidate Civil Action No. 07- 1862, in Cumberland County with Civil Action No. 07-1863 in Cumberland County and Civil Action No. 07-1864 in Cumberland County, averring as follows: 1. Actions on behalf of, Jeffery S. Wissler (Docket No. 07-1862), Colin N. Gurganious, II (Docket No. 07-1863) and Darrell L. Suhr (Docket No. 07-1864) were filed in Cumberland County appealing the PennDOT suspensions of their emission inspection licenses. 2. A hearing has been set for the appeal of Jeffrey S. Wissler, Docket No. 07-1962, for July 12, 2007 at, 1:00 PM. 3. A hearing has been set for the appeal of Colin N. Gurganious, II, Docket No. 07-1863, for July 12, 2007, at 1:30 PM. 4. A hearing has been set for the appeal of Darrell L. Suhr, Docket No. 07-1864, for July 12, 2007, at 2:00 PM. 5. All three Appellants are employed by the same company in the same physical location. 6. All license suspensions involve a common set of facts arising from the same type of transaction over a limited period of time. 7. Much of the same evidence will be educed for each Appellant in their appeals. 8. This Motion to Consolidate, made pursuant to Rule 213 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, will avoid unnecessary cost. 9. Appellants' request that this Court enter an order consolidating Civil Action No. 07-1862, in Cumberland County with Civil Action No. 07-1863 in Cumberland County and Civil Action No. 07-1864 in Cumberland County for a hearing on July 12, 2007, beginning at 1:00 PM. Respectfully submitted, KEEFER WOOD ALLEN & RAHAL, LLP Dated: May ° , 2007 By ERIC R. AUCy TINE Attorney I./#78277 635 North 12t'' Street, Suite 400 (717) 612-5803 (717) 612-5805 (fax) Attorneys for Appellants CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Eric R. Augustine, Esquire, hereby certify that I have served the foregoing MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE this date by depositing a true and correct copy of the same in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed as follows: David Markowitz Assistant Counsel Vehicle and Traffic Law Division Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Riverfront Office Center, Third Floor 1101 South Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516 KEEFER WOOD ALLEN & RAHAL, LLP By Dated: May /o , 2007 C- n 1.- .A . IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Jeffrey S. Wissler, Appellant V. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee Colin N. Gurganious, II, Appellant V. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee Darrell L. Suhr, Appellant V. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee Docket No. 07-1862 Docket No. 07-1863 Docket No. 07-1864 AMENDED MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE AND NOW, comes Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal, LLP, counsel for Appellants in the above matter, and requests this Court to consolidate Civil Action No. 07- 1862, in Cumberland County with Civil Action No. 07-1863 in Cumberland County and Civil Action No. 07-1864 in Cumberland County, averring as follows: 1. Pursuant to Cumberland County Rules of Civil Procedure 208.3(a)(2), the Honorable Edward E. Guido, Judge, has previously issued Orders of Supersedeas directing a stay of suspension of certification as official emission inspector pending these appeals. Orders of Supersedeas were issued at Docket Nos. 07-1862, 07-1863 and 07-1864. 2. Undersigned counsel has attempted to contact counsel for PennDOT regarding this Motion. 3. Despite all efforts by undersigned counsel, counsel for PennDOT has not responded. Respectfully submitted, KEEFER WOOD ALLEN & RAHAL, LLP Dated. June 15, 2007 By ERIC R. AUG TINE Attorney I.D 78277 635 North 12th Street, Suite 400 (717) 612-5803 (717) 612-5805 (fax) Attorneys for Appellants CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Eric R. Augustine, Esquire, hereby certify that I have served the foregoing AMENDED MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE this date by depositing a true and correct copy of the same in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed as follows: David Markowitz Assistant Counsel Vehicle and Traffic Law Division Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Riverfront Office Center, Third Floor 1101 South Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516 KEEFER WOOD ALLEN & RAHAL, LLP By. Dated: June 15, 2007 r? ti t? `? ..x ,, ? t„ 1 ?? ,,,,.,, ?? , .:. ,' ti+' _ fig S..r k ORDER AND NOW, this AA day of , 2007, upon consideration of Appellants' Motion to Consolidate, said Motion is GRANTED. Docket No. 07-1862, Docket No. 07-1863 and Docket No. 107-1864, all of them in Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas, are hereby consolidated. The hearing in this matter is set for July 12, 2007, at 1:00 PM in Courtroom #3. J. Distribution: David Markowitz, Assistant Counsel, PennDOT Eric R. Augustine, Esquire, Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal, LLP 7 MO. COPY k i : . W9 UM se my hP cwr?st cook Pa. DARRELL L. SUHR IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA V. COMMONWEALTH OF NO. 2007 -1864 CIVIL TERM PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CIVIL ACTION -LAW ORDER OF COURT AND NOW, this 5TH day of JULY, 2007, the hearing scheduled for Thursday, July 12, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. is RESCHEDULED to FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom # 3. the Court, Edward E. Guido, J. Eric R. Augustine, Esquire 635 North 12TH Street, Suite 400 Lemoyne, Pa. 17043 Matthew X. Haeckler, Esquire Riverfront Office Center 1101 South Front Street Harrisburg, Pa. 17104 :sld ,, ? . ? t t•..? iw?? i ti ? '•'?!'}?J t F,.y? ??- ??r?t;ti.,,??.??,?r-?-`-- =??11w I1 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JEFFREY S. WISSLER Petitioner V. NO. 07-1862 CIVIL TERM COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, OFFICIAL EMISSION INSPECTOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SUSPENSION APPEAL Respondent COLIN N. GURGANIOUS, III Petitioner V. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent NO. 07-1863 CIVIL TERM OFFICIAL EMISSION INSPECTOR SUSPENSION APPEAL DARRELL L. SUHR Petitioner V. NO. 07-1864 CIVIL TERM COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, OFFICIAL EMISSION INSPECTOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SUSPENSION APPEAL Respondent ORDER AND NOW, this e9 'V/ day of 2007, upon representations of Matthew X. Haeckler, Assistant Counsel In-Charge, for the Department of Transportation, that the above referenced appeals may be sustained, the appeals are hereby sustained and the suspensions which are the subject of the appeal shall be rescinded. BY THE COUR J. c'7 O o -n ?w -' ? ran CQ -= rn Distribution: Matthew X. Haeckler, Assistant Counsel In-Charge, PENNDOT, Office of Chief Counsel, 1101 South Front Street, 3rd Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516 Eric R. Augustine, Esquire, Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal, LLP, 635 North 12th Street, Suite 400, Lemoyne, PA 17043 Oa Tres ?"1