Banks v. Board of Probation & Parole

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This case is within the original jurisdiction of this Court and was instituted by the filing of a Complaint in Mandamus by Ellis Banks (Banks) against the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) and Robert L. Johnson, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania.

Banks seeks an order of this Court to require the defendants to release him on parole based upon his allegations that the Board has not properly evaluated his case in determining whether or not he should be granted a parole. In addition, Banks argues that denial of…