Blackmon v. Norris

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

An inmate brought this declaratory judgment action challenging the validity, under state law and the due process clause, of a Tennessee Department of Correction regulation requiring the forfeiture of free world money found in the possession of inmates. The chancellor dismissed the action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The inmate appeals.

In reviewing the chancellor’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a claim, this court must assume the truth of the facts alleged in the complaint. Pemberton v. American Distilled…