Commonwealth ex rel. Jones v. Rundle

Miller, J.,

A petition for writ of mandamus has been filed by one Lawrence Jones, a prisoner in the Eastern State Correctional Institution at Philadelphia, wherein the warden of that institution and the Pennsylvania Board of Parole have been named as defendants. Petitioner seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Although, as noted by this court previously in numerous similar cases, the pleading, as filed, does not comply with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, we shall treat it as a complaint in mandamus under Pa. R. C. P. 1091, et seq. Defendants, by the Attorney General, have filed…