Heffran v. Department of Corrections

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Christopher Heffran (Petitioner) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) denying his request for documents that was made pursuant to the statute commonly known as the Right-to-Know Law. 1 DOC held that the documents Petitioner requested, which were incident reports and disbursement sheets for chemicals used in the facility, were not public records required to be made available under the Right-to-Know Law.

Petitioner is incarcerated at SCI-Gra-terford. On May 5, 2004, Petitioner requested, in writing, that…