Taylor v. Reynolds

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

David A. Taylor, an inmate in the Tennessee prison system, appeals the dismissal of his Petition for Declaratory Judgment by the Chancery Court of Davidson County. Mr. Taylor asked the court to declare that the Department of Correction had acted improperly in increasing the proportion of his sentence that he must serve before becoming eligible for parole. We affirm the chancery court.

I

This is the second time that Mr. Taylor’s petition has been brought to the attention of this court. The Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissed the petition on an earlier occasion…