Can I file a complaint against any Pennsylvania judge?
The Board will only consider complaints against the following:
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices
- Superior and Commonwealth Court Judges
- Common Pleas Court Judges
- Philadelphia Municipal and Traffic Court Judges
- Magisterial District Judges
The Board will not consider complaints against the following (even if they work in Pennsylvania):
- Federal judges such as circuit court judges, district judges, magistrate judges and bankruptcy judges
- Individuals who perform judicial or quasi-judicial functions such as divorce masters, arbitrators, workers compensation judges or administrative law judges
- Individuals who work for the court system such as court administrators, clerks or prothonotaries
- Elected officials who are not judges
- Attorneys (Non-judges)