Slagle v. Reynolds

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

James Slagle, Plaintiff-Appellant, has appealed from a judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the Chancellor’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Tennessee Department of Corrections [hereinafter “Department”], Defendant-Appellee. The primary issue presented concerns the propriety of the Department’s recalculation of Mr. Slagle’s parole eligibility date from the year 1998 to the year 2053.

Mr. Slagle is an inmate in the custody of the Department incarcerated at Brushy Mountain State Prison. In 1968, he was convicted of first degree murder, armed…