Legal Opinion
Africa v. Horn
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 30, 1997PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.
The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, the Graterfords’ Tuberculosis Clinic, and members of the Program Review Committee at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford (collectively, Department) have filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer to the amended petition for review filed by Charles Sims Africa (Africa).
On December 6, 1996, Africa, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Grater-ford, filed pro se a “Petition for Writ of Mandamus,” seeking this Court’s order directing the Department to release him…
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