IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

ONOFRIO POSITANO, : No. 179 MM 2016 : Petitioner : : : v. : : : PENNSYLVANIA CARDIOTHORACIC : SURGERY, INC., MICHAEL D. : HAROSTOCK, M.D., WILKES-BARRE : GENERAL HOSPITAL, LUZERNE : COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, : AND JUDGE RICHARD HUGHES III, : : Respondents :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 23rd day of January, 2017, the Application for Leave to File Original Process is GRANTED, and the Petition for Writ of Mandamus is DENIED. The Prothonotary is DIRECTED to strike the name of the jurist from the caption.