Fite v. State, Board of Paroles

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

James T. Fite, an inmate in the Tennessee State Correctional System, petitioned the Chancery Court of Davidson County for a Writ of Certiorari. Mr. Fite asked that the court review the refusal of the Board of Paroles to release him on parole. The court dismissed his petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, because it had been filed more than sixty days after the Board’s decision. We affirm the trial court, but base our decision on the ground that Mr. Fite has faded to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. See Tenn.R.Civ.P. 12.02(6).

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Mr. Fite was…