Cases

OPINION RENDELL, Circuit Judge. James Dennis has spent almost twenty-four years unsuccessfully challenging his conviction for the murder of Chedell Williams. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court repeatedly affirmed Dennis’s first-degree murder conviction and sentence and denied his applications for post-conviction relief. Thereafter, Dennis filed an application under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and the United States Distric

*352 OPINION BY Judge ANNE E. COVEY. Amos Tate (Tate), pro se,. filed an Amended Petition for .Review (Amended Petition) in this Court’s original jurisdiction, wherein he challenges deductions the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Department) made from his inmate account and see

MEMORANDUM OPINION CYNTHIA REED EDDY, United States Magistrate Judge. I. INTRODUCTION For the reasons set forth below, Edward Constant’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus will be denied in part and granted in part. A. Double Jeopardy And Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel Federal habeas relief is not warranted on petitioner’s claim that trial cou

AMENDED OPINION ROTH, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs Domingo Colón Montañez and Timothy Hale appeal the District Court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants on claims for damages and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants are officials of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) and its related prisons. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm in part and r

OPINION ROTH, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs Domingo Colón Montañez and Timothy Hale appeal the District Court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants on claims for damages and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants are officials of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) and its related prisons. For the reasons

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 19-2116 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. NAVIENT CORP; NAVIENT SOLUTIONS LLC Appellants Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Civil Action No. 3-17-cv-01814) Distri

979 A.2d 944 (2009) Wilfredo PORTALATIN, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. No. 569 M.D. 2008 Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Submitted on Briefs May 8, 2009. Decided August 10, 2009. *945 Wilfredo Portalatin, petitioner, pro se. Jeffrey M. Paladina, Asst. Counsel and Suzanne N. Huest

642 F.3d 163 (2011) Rodney BURNS, Appellant v. PA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; SCI—Graterford;[*] Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; Donald Williamson; David Diguglielmo; *164 Thomas Dohman; Mary Canino; John Doe(s); Confidential Informant # 1; Confidential Informant #2; Robert S. Bitner; Levi Hosband; Frank Regan; Tony Wolfe. No. 09-2872. Un

892 A.2d 872 (2006) Larry MEGGETT, Petitioner v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS & Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Respondents. Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Submitted on Briefs August 12, 2005. Decided February 13, 2006. As Amended April 24, 2006. *876 Larry Meggett, petitioner, pro se.</

[J-32-2023] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT TODD, C.J., DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ. THOMAS WASHINGTON, : No. 13 MAP 2022 : Appellant : Appeal from the Order of the : Commonwealth Court

*265CONCURRING/DISSENTING OPINION BY Judge SMITH-RIBNER. I agree with the majority that Section 9728(b)(5) of the Sentencing Code, 42 Pa. C.S. § 9728(b), authorizes the Department of Corrections to make deductions from income in an inmate’s personal account to collect court-ordered restitution. I depart, however, from the

838 A.2d 16 (2003) Blane NEELY, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Submitted on Briefs October 3, 2003. Decided November 26, 2003. *18 Blane Neely, petitioner, pro se. Timothy A. Holmes, Camp Hill, for respondent. BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and LEAVITT, Jud

809 A.2d 426 (2002) Dwayne REYNOLDS, Petitioner, v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE, et al., Respondents. Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Submitted on Briefs September 27, 2002. Decided October 21, 2002. *427 Dwayne Reynolds, petitioner, pro se. Tara L. Patterson, Harrisburg, for respondent.

DISSENTING OPINION BY Judge McGINLEY. I respectfully dissent. The DEP is entitled to the summary judgment relief it requests. There is no genuine dispute as to any material fact. The record supports the conclusion that the DEP’s Compliance Plan is a statement of policy and not a regulation. The NPDES permits issued by the DEP to Petitioners meet all regulatory and statu

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges AtLee, Friedman and Raphael PUBLISHED Argued at Lexington, Virginia SHEMON DEVONTE CLAYTON v. Record No. 1246-21-3 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA OPINION BY SHEMON DEVONTE CLAYTON, A/K/A JUDGE RICHARD Y. ATLEE, JR.

MEMORANDUM OPINION NORA BARRY FISCHER, District Judge. I. Introduction This matter comes before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment filed by the parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Docket Nos. 47 & 49. For the reasons that follow, the Plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment (Docket No. 47) will be denied, and the Defendants’ mo

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Decker, Judge Humphreys and Senior Judge Annunziata PUBLISHED Argued by videoconference NICHOLAS LEE THOMAS OPINION BY v. Record No. 0176-20-2 JUDGE ROBERT J. HUMPHREYS

OPINION BY Judge SMITH-RIBNER. The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County that sustained the appeal of Walter Byler from a recall of his driver’s license for incompetency pursuant to Sections 1518(b) and 1519(c) of the Vehicle Code, as amended, 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1518(b) and 1519(c). DOT questions whether the trial co

JIULIANTE, Senior Judge. The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver’s Licensing (Department) appeals from the March 28, 2001 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of Brian Kevin Bergen (Licensee) from the Department’s one-year suspension of Licensee’s operating privilege imposed pursuant to the Driver’s License Compact (Compact) (suspension of Pennsy

615 F.Supp.2d 411 (2009) Charles Scott THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPT. OF CORR.; Cutshall; Officer Everhart; Greenleaf; Officer Harpster; Superintendent George Patrick; Regional Deputy Secretary William Stickman; Younkin; John Does, in their individual and official capacities, Defendants. Civil Action No. 07-40J. United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania. May 12,