Vega v. Beard

847 A.2d 153 (2004)

Peter VEGA, Petitioner

v.

Jeffrey A. BEARD, Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Ben Varner, Superintendent SCI Smithfield, et al, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on Briefs December 5, 2003.

Decided March 24, 2004.

Peter Vega, petitioner, pro se.

Alan M. Robinson, Camp Hill, for respondent.

BEFORE: FRIEDMAN, Judge, and COHN, Judge, and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.

OPINION BY Judge COHN.

Peter Vega (Vega), an inmate at a state correctional facility, filed, pro se, an action in this Court's original jurisdiction based on the claim that Jeffrey A.…