Legal Opinion

Sweatt v. Tennessee Department of Correction

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 14, 2002PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, P.J., M.S.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR. and WILLIAM B. CAIN, JJ., joined.

A prison inmate filed a petition for writ of certiorari, which alleged that a prison disciplinary board acted arbitrarily, and convicted him without sufficient evidence. The trial court dismissed the petition for failure to comply with the requirements of Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-21-801, et seq., because the petitioner did not pay the court costs he owed from a prior lawsuit. We affirm the trial court.

I. DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

On May 10, 2000, a disciplinary…

2Cited by12 opinions

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  2. Andre Dotson v. Contemporary Media, Inc., d/b/a The Memphis Flyer, and John BranstonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012
  3. Andre L. Dotson v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006
  4. Donna Nance McLucas v. Shawn Michael NanceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2015
  5. Gerald A. Sanford v. Tennessee Department Of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2019

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