Petitions and motions shall be addressed to the Clerk of the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Petitioners or movants shall send to the clerk an original
and a sufficient number of copies of the completed petition or motion for service on all named
respondents. A petition or motion addressed to an individual judge shall be directed to the clerk
of the court for processing. Whenever possible, successive petitions and motions by a person
in custody shall be directed by the clerk to the judge who handled prior petitions and motions
by such person.