Legal Opinion
Garrison v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 18, 2011No. 537 M.D. 2010PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge BROBSON.
Petitioner Charles Garrison (Garrison) filed in this Court’s original jurisdiction a petition for a writ of mandamus (petition) through which he seeks an order directing Respondent Department of Corrections (DOC) 1 to permit him to participate in a DOC program in which inmates can be trained to be barbers. DOC filed preliminary objections to Garrison’s petition, which we now sustain.
We perceive the averments in Garrison’s petition to allege the following facts. Garrison is an inmate who was confined at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Fayette (Fayette). 2…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Small v. HornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Clark v. BeardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Meier v. MaleskiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. Pal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2013
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