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JACKSON v. VAUGHN

777 A.2d 436 (2001)

Howard JACKSON, Appellant, v. Donald VAUGHN, Superintendent, SCI-Graterford, Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections, et al., and Kathleen Zwierzyna, Board Secretary, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Jackson, pro se.

Robert Mayer Wolff, for Donald Vaughn.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR.

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

Appellant Howard Jackson appeals from the Commonwealth Court's order granting Appellees' David Vaughn, Superintendent, SCI-Graterford, Pennsylvania Bureau of Corrections, et al., ("the Department") demurrer to his pro se petition for review in the nature of mandamus. Appellant sought mandamus to compel the Department to credit his pre-sentence incarceration time towards his sentence for third-degree murder. For...

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