*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT DONALD BETHEA, : No. 150 EM 2016

: Petitioner : : : v. : : : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, :

SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, :

COMMON PLEAS COURT OF :

PHILADELPHIA, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S :

OFFICE OF PHILADELPHIA, COURT :

REPORTER AND INTERPRETER ADM., :

: Respondents : ORDER PER CURIAM

AND NOW , this 30th day of November, 2016, the Application for Leave to File Original Process is GRANTED , and the Petition for Writ of Prohibition and/or Alternative Mandamus, the Application for Waiver and Modification of Rules, and the “ Motion to Remove Constitutional [sic] Deficient Assistance of Counsel From Obstruction and Impeding Disclosure of Discovery on PCRA Collateral Review Appeal Permanently ” are DENIED .