J.H. Williams v. J.E. Wetzel

OPINION BY

JUDGE BROBSON

Before this Court in our original jurisdiction are the preliminary objections filed by officers and employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) to a petition for review filed by James H, Williams (Williams), acting pro se. For the reasons set forth below, we overrule DOC’s preliminary objections.

According to the allegations in the petition for review, Williams is an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale (SCI-Houtzdale), where he maintained a job assignment in the facility’s kitchen. On December 30, 2016, a DOC officer performed a…