Timbers v. Roberts

COLINS, President Judge.

In June 1994, Bradford Timbers (Timbers), District Justice for District Court 31-2-03 in Lehigh County, petitioned in mandamus for an order directing the respondents to effectuate a clerical appointment. Timbers filed the petition in his capacity as an officer of the Commonwealth government alleging this Court’s jurisdiction under Section 761(a)(2) of the Judicial Code, as amended.1 Timbers asserts (1) that Section 2301 of the Judicial Code2 gives a district justice the clear legal right to appoint personal clerical *626employees; (2) that the county court administration…