Jones v. Department of Corrections

DOYLE, Judge.

Before this Court in its original jurisdiction is a preliminary objection by the respondent, the Department of Corrections (Department), to a petition for review filed by pro se petitioner, Robert Jones (AKA Robert Brown). Jones filed a petition for review in the nature of mandamus seeking an order to compel the Department to honor the commitment order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which granted him credit for time served from November 10,1987 to April 21,1988.

The relevant facts follow, as alleged by, Jones and the Department. In November of 1981, Jones pled…