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JONES v. PETERMAN

743 A.2d 537 (1999)

George JONES, Appellant, v. Tom PETERMAN, Jeffrey Smith, Jay Stidd, R. Norris, Terry Whitman, Robert Meyers and Gregory Gaertner.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Jones, Appellant, pro se.

Melissa A. Swauger, Harrisburg, for appellees.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, COLINS, J., and LEADBETTER, J.

LEADBETTER, Judge.

This case reaches us in an unusual posture. The Court of Common Pleas of Centre County determined that a civil complaint filed by prisoner George Jones was in the original jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Court, and rather than transferring the case, issued an order dated September 1, 1998 returning his complaint to him—an action functionally equivalent to a dismissal. Jones appealed that order to the Superior Court. On May 10, 1999, the...

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