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BROWN v. PA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

932 A.2d 316 (2007)

Victor BROWN, Petitioner v. PA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Brown, petitioner, pro se.

Debra Sue Rand, Asst. Counsel and Suzanne N. Hueston, Chief Counsel, Camp Hill, for respondent.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.

OPINION BY President Judge LEADBETTER.

Victor Brown, an inmate confined at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Frackville, filed a pro se petition for review in the nature of a complaint in mandamus against the Department of Corrections (DOC), alleging that prison officials are opening his incoming legal mail outside his presence in violation of his constitutional rights. Brown seeks an order directing the DOC to terminate its practice of opening inmates...

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