Chem v. Horn

McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.

Presently before this Court are the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Corrections (DOC) in response to a pro se petition for review filed by Wei Chem (Petitioner), seeking a declaratory judgment invalidating a DOC drug testing policy. For the reasons which follow, we sustain DOC’s demurrer.

On July 21,1998, Petitioner filed a petition for review in this Court’s original jurisdiction making, inter alia, the following allegations:

4. On February 2, 1997, pursuant to an administrative policy/direetive…