A'La v. Tennessee Department of Correction

TOMLIN, Presiding Judge (Western Section).

This appeal involves the dismissal of a pro se Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed in the Chancery Court of Lake County by petitioner, against the warden and other officials of the Lake County Regional Correctional Facility, seeking a review of various actions taken by employees of the Tennessee Department of Correction. The State moved for dismissal of the petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under T.R.C.P. 12.02, asserting that the petition was not timely filed. The chancellor granted State’s motion. While petitioner presents four…