Cunningham v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

Before this Court in its original jurisdiction is a preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Depart ment of Corrections (DOC), to a petition for review in the nature of a complaint in mandamus (complaint) filed by unrepresented inmate Rashad Cunningham. Relying on DOC Policy DC-ADM 003 (relating to the release of inmate information), Cunningham, representing himself, seeks to have DOC provide, from its own records, his pre-sentence investigation report. Because we agree with DOC that Cunningham’s complaint is legally insufficient to state a cause…