Stodghill v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

OPINION BY

JUDGE COVEY1

David Manning Stodghill (Stodghill), pro se, filed a petition for writ of mandamus (Petition), wherein he asks this Court to order the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Department) to interpret Section 9718.1(b) of the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9718.1(b), to require participation in, rather than completion of, the Department’s sex offender treatment program to render an inmate eligible for parole consideration. In response, the Department filed preliminary objections to Stodghill’s Petition seeking to dismiss the Petition under Pennsylvania Rule of Civil…