2003 Pa. Super. 348 - Commonwealth v. Danysh’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “We are informed that when filing an Act 84 petition in Commonwealth Court, the inmate should name either the Commonwealth or the Secretary of the Department of Corrections as respondent. Otherwise, the Commonwealth Court may dismiss the petition for naming the improper party. If a petition that belongs in Commonwealth Court is improperly filed in common pleas court, so long as the inmate has named the proper respondent, the lower court should transfer the matter to Commonwealth Court. See 42 Pa.C.S.A. 5103(a). If the inmate has named the wrong respondent, the common pleas court should not immediately transfer or dismiss the matter. Rather, in the interest of judicial economy and substantial justice, the court should direct the inmate to correct the caption and then transfer the matter to the correct court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Parella

2. “The obvious point was to make DOC stop taking money out of his inmate account. That goal would have traditionally been achieved by a petition for an injunction, a petition for a writ of mandamus, or a petition for a writ of certiorari. Those forms of relief are properly sought in modern Pennsylvania practice via a petition for review of governmental action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Parella