Com. Ex Rel. Smith v. PA. DOC

829 A.2d 788 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH ex rel. Bernard SMITH, Petitioner,

v.

PA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on Briefs June 6, 2003.

Decided August 5, 2003.

Bernard Smith, petitioner, pro se.

Timothy A. Holmes, Camp Hill, for respondent.

BEFORE: McGINLEY, Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and KELLEY, Senior Judge.

McGINLEY, Judge.

Before this Court are the preliminary objections of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Respondent) to Bernard Smith's (Smith) petition for review filed in this Court's original jurisdiction.[1]

On February 26, 2003, Smith, proceeding…