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DOBSON v. FORMAN ET AL.

No. 46 Misc. Dkt. No. 2.

38 Pa.Commw. 449 (1978)

Spencer R. Dobson, Jr., Petitioner v. Edward Forman, Warden, Philadelphia County Prison, Holmesburg and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer R. Dobson, Jr., petitioner, for himself.

Robert A. Greevy, Assistant Attorney General, and Gerald Gornish, Acting Attorney General, for respondent.

Submitted on briefs, October 3, 1978, to President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS, BLATT, DiSALLE, CRAIG and MacPHAIL.

OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, November 14, 1978:

Spencer R. Dobson, Jr. filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus (which we treat as a Petition for Review in the nature of mandamus) challenging his detention as a parole violator by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. The Board filed an answer with new matter. The parties filed cross motions for judgment on the pleadings. We grant the Board's motion and enter judgment in favor of the Board and against the petitioner...

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