Sanders v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

SMITH, Judge.

Before this Court are the cross-motions for summary relief filed by Johnnie Sanders and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. Sanders filed in this Court’s original jurisdiction a petition for review in the nature of mandamus alleging that the Board failed to timely issue a decision on whether to recommit Sanders as a convicted parole violator following his January 1993 revocation hearing. The issue presented is whether an unreasonable delay in the issuance of a Board decision following a revocation hearing (green sheet decision) requires dismissal with prejudice of the…