Bridgeport, Pa. Monday, October 8, 2018. JOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer. Read more JOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer

by Jesse Bunch Published Aug. 29, 2025, 12:15 p.m. ET

Bridgeport is at risk of losing its sole district court house, the Montgomery County borough announced this week.

The proposal comes as the courthouse’s district justice, James P. Gallagher, prepares to retire at the end of the year, the borough said in a letter on its website .

“The current plan involves folding all of Bridgeport’s cases and workload into the courthouse in King of Prussia,” the borough said. The closure would not become final until after a period of review and public comment, according to the letter.

Despite the certainty in which Bridgeport announced the proposal, a Pennsylvania

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