BYRD v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS


743 A.2d 532 (1999)

John BYRD, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 19, 1999.

Reargument denied January 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Byrd, petitioner, pro se.

William E. Fairall, Camp Hill, for respondent.

Before SMITH, J., FLAHERTY, J., and JIULIANTE, Senior Judge.


SMITH, Judge.

Before the Court is a pro se petition for review of an order issued by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections assessing the inmate account of John Byrd the sum of $183.61, representing two-thirds of the total medical costs incurred by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania resulting from injury to another inmate caused by Byrd in an assault against the inmate. Byrd essentially argues before the Court that the Prison Medical Services Act (Act), Act...

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