Bright v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole

OPINION BY

SENIOR JUDGE MIRARCHI, JR.

Before this Court are the preliminary objections of the Department of Corrections (Department) and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board), (collectively Respondents), to the petition for review in the nature of an action in mandamus filed by Freddie Bright (Bright), an inmate at the State Correctional Institute at Mahanoy. We sustain the preliminary objections and dismiss the petition for review for failure to state a valid cause of action.

The relevant facts alleged by the parties are as follows. Bright was incarcerated on robbery charges…