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Mays v. Kosinski

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 27, 2014PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Before this court in our original jurisdiction are the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Department of Corrections (DOC)1 to the petition for review filed, pro se, by Jeffrey Mays seeking mandamus relief. Mays asks this court to order DOC to change his housing classification. We sustain DOC’s preliminary objections and dismiss Mays’ petition.

Mays is currently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Albion (SCI-Albion). In his petition for review, Mays claims that on February 4, 2018, he sent a letter to Rebecca…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Wilkinson v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Barndt v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Yount v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  5. Detar v. BeardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. C. Williams v. DOCCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. E. Graziano v. J. Wetzel, Sec., PA DOCCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
  3. G.L. Kretchmar v. PA DOC and D. RussellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Keith Vernon Davis v. Barry Smith, et al.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2022
  5. L.C. Bullock v. PA DOCCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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