Legal Opinion
Shore v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 31, 2017No. B. Shore v. PA Dept. of Corrections - 653 M.D. 2016PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
JUDGE McCULLOUGH
Before the Court in our original jurisdiction are the preliminary objections filed by the Department of Corrections (Department) to the petition for review (Petition) filed by Brian Shore. We grant the Department’s objections and dismiss Shore’s Petition.
Background
On November 21,2016, Shore, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Albion (SCI-Albion), filed his Petition against the Department, alleging that the procedure used by prison officials to deny him access to photographs sent through the mail was unconstitutional. Specifically, Shore averred that…
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