Spann, L., Aplt v. PA Board of Prob & Parole

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT LEROY SPANN, : No. 71 MAP 2016 : Appellant : Appeal from the Order of the : Commonwealth Court at No. 728 MD : 2012 dated June 9, 2016 v. : : : PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF : PROBATION AND PAROLE AND : PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, : : Appellees : ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: August 16, 2017 AND NOW, this 16th day of August, 2017, the Commonwealth Court’s ruling dated June 9, 2016 is affirmed in part and reversed in part: (1) that portion of the ruling granting the Suggestion of Mootness filed by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole is hereby AFFIRMED; and (2) that portion of the ruling granting the Preliminary Objections filed by the Pennsylvania State Police and denying the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Appellant Leroy Spann is hereby REVERSED. See Commonwealth v. Muniz, ___ A.3d ___, 47 MAP 2016 (Pa. July 19, 2017). The case is hereby remanded to the Commonwealth Court for the entry of an appropriate order granting mandamus relief. Chief Justice Saylor and Justice Mundy file concurring statements.