FORDHAM v. COM., DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS


943 A.2d 1004 (2008)

Christopher P. FORDHAM, Petitioner v. COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Rentschler, Camp Hill, for petitioner.

Timothy A. Holmes, Asst. Counsel and Suzanne N. Hueston, Chief Counsel, Camp Hill, for respondent.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge PELLEGRINI.

Before this Court in our original jurisdiction are preliminary objections filed by the Department of Corrections (Department) to a petition for review filed by Christopher P. Fordham (Fordham) claiming that the "good time" credit he earned during a federal prison sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b)1 should be credited to a concurrent Pennsylvania sentence he is serving. Because Pennsylvania only permits...

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