Legal Opinion
Hoyt v. Pa. Department of Corrections
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 2013PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*742OPINION BY
Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.
Before this court are the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) to the petition for writ of mandamus filed by Jared Hoyt seeking to compel DOC to credit Hoyt for time served.1 We sustain DOC’s preliminary objections and dismiss Hoyt’s petition.
Hoyt, who is currently in DOC’s custody, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court’s original jurisdiction. According to the petition, police arrested Hoyt for a drug charge on August 6, 2008, and he was sentenced on March 23, 2010. DOC…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McCray v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Barndt v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Detar v. BeardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Taglienti v. Department of Corrections of the Penna.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Oakman v. Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
3Cited by8 opinions
- R.C. Comrie v. PA DOC and PBPP, etc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- B. Terrell v. Facility Mgr. at SCI-Mahanoy State PrisonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
- C. Talbert v. DOC G. LittleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023
- D. Lisby v. PA DOCCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
- D. Williams v. Com. of PA DOCCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2024
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