Donnell v. Commonwealth

Opinion,

Richard Donnell has filed a complaint in mandamus, which we will treat as a petition for review, alleging that the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole violated its own regulations and the petitioner’s due process rights when it recommitted him to Roekview State Correctional Facility as a technical and convicted parole violator.

After the board filed a certificate from the board’s chairman, to which Mr. Donnell replied, and an amended answer with new matter, both parties filed motions for summary judgment. On motions for summary judgment, we review the pleadings in the light most…