Smith v. Lehman

DOYLE, Judge.

Before us in our original jurisdiction are preliminary objections filed by Joseph D. Lehman, Commissioner of the Department of Corrections (Respondent), filed in response to a *137“Complaint in Mandamus” filed by Harold X. Smith. Smith alleges that on July 26, 1991, while incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford he was assaulted by two corrections officers and that the Superintendent at Graterford and his staff sought to cover up the alleged assault. Smith also alleges that he has filed an inmate grievance on the matter and requested an investigation and…