SILO v. RIDGE


728 A.2d 394 (1999)

Jerome SILO, Pennsylvania State Prisoner on his own behalf and on behalf of all those similarly situated who were, are, and/or will be [subjected to] the Prison Medical Services Act, the Act of May 16, 1996, Act No. 1996-40, 61 P.S. 1011, et seq. and Act 53 of 1996, ___ and [subjected to] the new DC-ADM 820, co-pay for Medical Services Policy, which has been put in place due to the said legislation and which becomes effective as of May 18, 1998, and Jerome Silo, as next friend of PA state prisoners affected by the Prison Medical Services Act and by the DC ADM 820 Policy Abandoned by the Legal Fraternity, Petitioner, v. Tom RIDGE, Governor of Pennsylvania; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; Martin F. Horn, Secretary of Pa. Department of Corrections; and James Price, individually, and in his official capacity of Supt. of SCI at Pittsburgh, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Silo, petitioner, pro se.

Mark E. Guzzi, Camp Hill, for respondents.

Before PELLEGRINI, J., LEADBETTER, J., and JIULIANTE, Senior Judge.


JIULIANTE, Senior Judge.

Before the Court are preliminary objections filed on behalf of Respondents Tom Ridge, Governor, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC), Martin F. Horn, Secretary of DOC, James Price, individually, and in his capacity of Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, to a petition for review on behalf of Jerome Silo, a state inmate, and those similarly situated (collectively...

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