RHODEN v. STATE DEPT. OF CORRECTION


984 S.W.2d 955 (1998)

Lawtis Donald RHODEN, Petitioner/Appellant, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Respondent/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Permission to Appeal Denied January 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Anderson, University of Tennessee Legal Clinic, Knoxville, Tennessee, Attorney for Petitioner/Appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, John R. Miles, Attorney General and Reporter, North Nashville, Tennessee, Attorney for Respondent/Appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 25, 1999.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

An inmate in the correction department sought a declaratory judgment concerning his sentence credits. The Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissed the petition (1) because the proper avenue for relief was a writ of certiorari to challenge the disciplinary action that caused the loss of his sentence credits...

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