Legal Opinion
Brown v. PA Department of Corrections
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 24, 2007PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
President Judge LEADBETTER.
Victor Brown, an inmate confined at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Frackville, filed a pro se petition for review in the nature of a complaint in mandamus against the Department of Corrections (DOC), alleging that prison officials are opening his incoming legal mail outside his presence in violation of his constitutional rights. Brown seeks an order directing the DOC to terminate its practice of opening inmates’ legal mail outside their presence and to amend its policy to bring it into conformity with the decision of the United States Court of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Beard v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Jones v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
- Polyns Bieregu v. Janet Reno L. Yearby G. Berman, All Employees of Mail Room StaffsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Allen v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
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