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IS H E E , J ., F O R

T H E C O U R T :
¶1

. K h risto f

f er M an d ell H earro n h as b een i n c arcerated w ith th e M ississip p i D ep artm en t

o f C o rrectio n s (M D O C ) f o r a lm o s t tw en ty y ears in v ario u s f acilities. In 2 0 1 3 , H earro n f i led

a m o t io n f

o r a t em p o rary restrain in g o rd er (T R O ) ag ai n s t t h e M D O C

. H is m o tio n w as

d ism issed

. A g g iev e d
, H earro n f iled th e in stan t a

p p eal. F in d in g th at H earro n h as f ailed to

ex h au st h is ad m in istrativ e rem ed ies, w e af f i rm th e circu it co u rt’s d ism issal.S T A T E M E N T O F F A C T S

¶2

. In 1 9 9 5 , H e arro n w a s co n v icted o f p o ssessio n o f co cain e w ith in t en t to d istrib u te an d

sen ten ced as a h a

b itu al o f f en d er to th irty y ears in th e cu sto d y o f th e M D O C

. S i n ce h is

in carce r a t i on, H earro n h as f iled n u m ero u s claim s w ith th e M D O C ’ s A d m in istrativ e R em ed y

P ro g ram (A R P ). A R P p o l icy d ictates th at o n ly ten claim s o r m o tio n s m ay sit p e n d in g at an y

o n e tim e.
¶3

. In 2 0 1 3 , H earro n f iled m u ltip le m o tio n s w ith A R P , i n clu d in g a req u est f o r a T R O

ag ain st M D O C

. H o w ev er, th e m o tio n s w ere s en t b ack to H earro n sin ce h e alread y h ad n in e

p en d in g m o t io n s. H earro n w as sen t n o tice w i th th e retu rn o f th e m o tio n s th a t h e m a y ch o o se

o n e m o tio n w ith w h ich h e w o u ld lik e t o p r o c e e d

. H earro n f ailed to ch o o se a m o tio n to

su b m it to A R P

. ¶4

. N o n eth eless, H e arro n f iled a m o tio n f

o r a T R O ag ain st th e M D O C an d a m o tio n to

p ro ceed in f

o rm a p au p eris (IF P ) in th e G reen e C o u n ty C ircu i t C o u rt. T h e ci r c u i t c o u rt

d ism issed H earro n ’s m o tio n f o r a T R O f

o r lack o f j u risd ictio n an d o rd ered h im to ex h au st

h is ad m in istrativ e rem e d ies b ef o re p ro ceed i n g f

u rth er. H is m o tio n t o p ro ceed IF P w as

d en ied

. ¶5

. H e arro n sim

u l tan eo u s l y

f i led a m o t io n f

o r a T R O ag ain st th e M D O C an d a m o tio n

to p ro ceed IF P in th e Jef

f e rso n C o u n ty C ircu it C o u rt. T h at circu it co u rt also d i sm issed h is

m o tio n f o r a T R O f

o r lack o f j u risd ictio n an d d e n i ed h is m o tio n t o p ro ceed IF P

.

N o n e th eless, af

ter f ilin g n u m ero u s su b seq u en t m o t io n s w ith th e circu it co u rt, H earro n w as

ev en tu a l ly

g ran t ed leav e to p ro ceed IF P . A g g riev ed , h e ap p e als.

2D IS C U S S I O N

¶6

. We h av e co n sisten tly h eld t h at “[ a] n in m ate m u st ex h au st all o f h is in tern al rem ed ies

w i th t h e M D O C b ef

o re seek in g j u d icial rev iew o f an y co m p lain t.” T

a ylo r v. P e trie , 4 1 S o

.
3 d 7 2 4 , 7 2 7 -2 8 (¶1 2 ) (M i s s

. C t. A p p

. 2 0 1 0 ) (citatio n o m itted ). In d eed
, w h en a p etitio n er

ch allen g es a d ecisio n o r p o licy o f th e M D O C , h e m u st ex h au st all ad m in istrativ e rem ed ies

b ef o r e ap p ealin g to th is C o u rt o r w e a r e w i th o u t j u r isd ictio n to co n s id er th e claim s.

M cK en zie v. S ta te , 6 6 S o . 3 d 1 2 7 4 , 1 2 7 5 (¶2 ) (M iss. C t . A p p . 2 0 1 1 ) (citatio n o m itted ).

¶7

. T h e reco rd is v o id o f a n y in d icatio n th at H earro n h as ex h au s t e d h i s a d m i n istrativ e

rem ed i es. H earro n p o in ts to t h e f act th at A R P h as d en ied h is req u est to f ile h is m o tio n f

o r

a T R O ag ain st th e M D O C d u e to its p o licy allo w i n g o n l y t en claim s a t o n e tim e. H o w e v er,

H e arro n f

ails to sh o w th at h e h as f o ll o w ed an y A R P ap p e llate p ro ced u r e to co n test th e

p o licy i tself o r p etitio n A R P to allo w h is m o tio n as an ex cep tio n

. In s t e a d
, i t a p p ears t h at

u p o n A R P ’ s d en i al o f H earro n ’s m o tio n f o r a T R O d u e to h is o th e r p en d i n g m o tio n s,

H e arro n im m ed i ately f

iled an a p p eal w ith th e circu it co u r t a n d th en ap p e a led t h e circu it

c o u rt’s j u d g m e n t to th is C o u rt. W h en a “reco rd co n tain s n o p ro o f th at [ a p etitio n e r ] h a s

ex h au sted h is a d m in istrativ e r e m e d ies, w e are w ith o u t j u risd ictio n to co n sid er claim s o f th is

n atu r e.” Id

. (citatio n o m itted ) . H en c e, w e m u st d i sm iss th is case f

o r lack o f j u risd ictio n

. ¶8

. H o w ev er, i n an ab u n d an ce o f cau t i o n , w e n o te t h a t M ississip p i C o d e A n n o tated

sectio n 1 1 -1 1 -3 (R ev

. 2 0 0 4 ) p ro v id es th at a p riso n er’s ch allen g e to an M D O C d ecisio n o r

p o licy m u st b e m ad e in th e c ircu it co u rt o f t h e co u n ty w h ere th e p riso n er resid es. S ee a lso

N e lso n v. B in g h a m , 1 1 6 S o

. 3 d 1 7 2 , 1 7 4 ( ¶ 7 ) (M iss. C t

. A p p

. 2 0 1 3 ). T h e reco rd an d

3H e arro n ’s b rief in d icate th at H e arro n w as h o u sed at th e S o u th ern M ississip p i C o rrectio n al

In stitu te in G reen e C o u n ty , M ississip p i, at th e t im e h e f i led h is ap p eal to th e circu it co u rt.

A c co rd in g ly
, t h e circu i t co u rt w as also w ith o u t j u r isd i ctio n to co n sid er H e arro n ’s claim s

sin ce H earro n ’ s m o tio n w a s f iled in an im

p ro p er v en u e. T h u s, t h e circu it co u rt’s d ism issal

o f H earro n ’s m o tio n w as p ro p er.
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