SMITH v. OWENS


135 Pa.Commw. 631 (1990)

582 A.2d 85

Harold X. SMITH, Petitioner, v. David OWENS, Commissioner, Department of Corrections and George Petsock, Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold X. Smith, pro se.

Frederick C. Smith, Jr., Asst. Counsel, Camp Hill, for respondent.

Before McGINLEY and KELLEY, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

Harold X. Smith, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh (SCIP), filed an action in prohibition and mandamus asking us to compel the Respondents, Department of Corrections, its Commissioner, and the Superintendent at SCIP, George Petsock, to give him employment during his incarceration, or to give him damages for lost wages.1 All Respondents applied for summary relief on the grounds that the...

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