Commonwealth ex rel. Buehl v. Price

COLINS, President Judge.

Roger Buehl (Buehl), a death-sentenced inmate housed at the State Correctional Institution at Greene (prison), appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Greene County (trial court) dismissing his complaint against prison superintendent James Price (Price).

Buehl contends that the trial court erred in dismissing his complaint in its entirety on the basis of Price’s demurrer to only one of the claims raised. Buehl’s complaint, entitled Petition for Writs of Mandamus and Habeas Corpus, generally alleges that a newly implemented prison restraint policy…