Quinn v. SEPTA

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

AVELLINO, J.,

Joseph Quinn, a 25-year SEPTA employee, was summarily discharged, and, following an in-house “post-determination hearing,” appealed to common pleas citing the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S. §§551-55, 751-54. Assuming arguendo that Quinn is entitled to a statutory appeal,1 I think he has selected the wrong forum. Briefly, it is perfectly *518clear that SEPTA is a Commonwealth agency. See e.g., Feingold v. SEPTA, 512 Pa. 567, 577-78, 517 A.2d 1270, 1275-76 (1986). Consequently, the Commonwealth Court alone has jurisdiction of Quinn’s putative appeal. See 42 Pa.C.S.…