Legal Opinion
Brown v. PA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 2006PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Alton D. Brown (Brown) appeals pro se from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County (common pleas court), which granted the motion of Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC), Robert S. Bitner (Bitner), and Neil K. Mechling (Mechling) (collectively, Respondents) to dismiss Brown’s petition for a writ of mandamus in accordance with Section 6602(f) of what is commonly referred to as the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 6602(f).
Brown currently is incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at- Grater-ford. He previously was incarcerated at the…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Bronson v. Central Office Review CommitteeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Payne v. Commonwealth Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Robson v. BIESTERCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Brown v. JamesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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- Smolsky v. Pennsylvania General AssemblyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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