Johnson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

COLINS, President Judge.

Melvin Johnson (Johnson) petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) denying his request for administrative relief-from its previous order recommitting him to serve twelve months backtime as a technical parole violator.

The relevant facts are as follows. On April 5, 1995, Johnson was paroled by the Board from the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh. While on parole, on December 1, 1995, Johnson drove his cousin to attend her boyfriend’s preliminary hearing on criminal charges against him. Upon arriving at the…