NEWSUAN v. PA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS


853 A.2d 409 (2004)

Maurice NEWSUAN a/k/a Melvin Harris, Petitioner v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Newsuan, petitioner, pro se.

Timothy A. Holmes, Camp Hill, for respondent.

BEFORE: FRIEDMAN, Judge, and LEADBETTER, Judge, and KELLEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Senior Judge KELLEY.

Before this Court for disposition are the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Department) to the Petition for Writ of Mandamus (Petition) filed by Maurice Newsuan a/k/a Melvin Harris (Newsuan). For the reasons set forth below, we sustain the Department's preliminary objections.

The facts of this case are as follows. Newsuan is an inmate currently incarcerated...

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