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BOARD, E T A L



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m a n n e r i n w h i c h t h e d i s c i p l i n a r y p r o c e e d i n g w a s c o n d u c t e d v i o l a t e d T e n n e s s e e D e p a r t m e n t

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p r e s e n t l y i n c a r c e r a t e d a t W e s t T e n n e s s e e S t a t e P e n i t e n t i a r y

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C o u n t y C h a n c e r y C o u r t f o r a c o m m o n l a w w r i t o f c e r t i o r a r i

, s e e k i n g r e v i e w o f t h e a c t i o n o f

t h e T u r n e y C e n t e r D i s c i p l i n a r y B o a r d ( t h e “ B o a r d ” ) i n f i n d i n g h i m g u i l t y o f a s s a u l t i n g

a n o t h e r i n m a t e

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, t h e w a r d e n

a n d t h e C o m m i s s i o n e r o f t h e T e n n e s s e e D e p a r t m e n t o f C o r r e c t i o n s ( “ T D O C ” ) a c t e d

T he e vents giving ris e t o thi s pro cee din g oc cur re d whil e Mr . M oor e was in car cer at ed a t T urn ey 1

Cent er I ndus tr ia l Fa ci li ty.a r b i t r a r i l y a n d i l l e g a l l y i n f i n d i n g h i m g u i l t y a n d t h a t t h e i r a c t i o n v i o l a t e d v a r i o u s T D O C

p o l i c i e s a n d M r

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P o l i c y 5 0 2

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o r m D i s c i p l i n a r y P r o c e d u r e s

, i n t h a t a h e a r i n g w a s n o t h e l d w i t h i n s e v e n

d a y s ; i n t h e b o a r d ’ s h a n d l i n g o f a n d r e l i a n c e u p o n c e r t a i n e v i d e n c e a n d t e s t i m o n y ; a n d i n t h e

B o a r d ’ s a s s e r t e d f

a i l u r e t o a l l o w h i m t o t e s t i f y a n d c a l l w i t n e s s e s o n h i s o w n b e h a l f a n d t o

c r o s s

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, the re was 2

no T enn

. R. Civ. P. 12.0 2(6 ) m oti on fi le d; to the con tr ar y, bot h Pet it ion er and Resp onde nts fi le d bri ef s st at ing

the ir re spe ct ive pos it ion s re la ti ve to the cer ti ora ri pet it ion

. I t is cl ear tha t the cou rt det er m ine d tha t Pet it ion er

had not sho wn t hat th e de ci si on o f t he d is ci pli nar y board was ar bit ra ry, cap ri ci ous or il le gal.

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T D O C P o l i c y 5 0 2

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### V I(A )(6 )(b ) p ro v id es th at a d iscip lin ary h earin g sh o u ld b e h eld

w ith in sev en calen d ar d ay s o f th e trig g erin g ev en t “u n less th e h earin g is co n tin u ed p u rsu an t

to S ectio n V I (J).” T h e reco rd o f th e d iscip lin a r y p r o c e e d i n g r e f l e c t s t h a t t h e i n c i d e n t g i v i n g

r i s e t o t h e d i s c i p l i n a r y p r o c e e d i n g o c c u r r e d o n A u g u s t 2 1

, 2 0 0 8

, a n d t h a t t h e h e a r i n g w a s

h e l d o n S e p t e m b e r 2 9

. T h e h e a r i n g w a s o r i g i n a l l y s e t f o r A u g u s t 2 7 ; h o w e v e r

, a

m e m o r a n d u m d a t e d A u g u s t 2 7 a n d s i g n e d o n b e h a l f o f M r

. M o o r e b y “ J

. R i c h a r d s o n ” s t a t e s

t h a t t h e h e a r i n g w a s c o n t i n u e d “ f o r s t a f f r e p o r t e r

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, a m e m o r a n d u m d a t e d

S e p t e m b e r 3

, s i g n e d b y M r

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, s t a t e s t h a t t h e h e a r i n g s e t f o r t h a t d a t e w a s c o n t i n u e d “ a t

i n m a t e ’ s r e q u e s t t o p r e p a r e a d e f e n s e ” ; a m e m o r a n d u m d a t e d S e p t e m b e r 1 0

, s i g n e d b y M r

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d a t e d S e p t e m b e r 1 5

, s i g n e d b y M r

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“ f o r r e p o r t e r ” ; a n d a m e m o r a n d u m d a t e d S e p t e m b e r 2 2

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s t a t e s t h a t t h e h e a r i n g w a s c o n t i n u e d “ f o r r e p o r t e r a t a d v i s o r ’ s r e q u e s t

. ”

A s a n i n i t i a l m a t t e r

, M r

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i s a “ f r a u d u l e n t d o c u m e n t ” a n d t h a t M r

. R i c h a r d s o n w a s n o t h i s i n m a t e a d v i s o r o n t h a t d a t e ;

t h e r e i s a n a f

f i d a v i t f r o m M r

. R i c h a r d s o n f

i l e d o n J u l y 1 5

, 2 0 1 0 i n t h e C h a n c e r y C o u r t i n

w h i c h h e s t a t e s t h a t h e w a s n o t M r

. M o o r e ’ s a d v i s o r p r i o r t o S e p t e m b e r 3

, 2 0 0 8

. W e d o n o t

c o n s i d e r t h a t t h e d i s c r e p a n c y s u r r o u n d i n g t h e m e m o r a n d u m r e l a t i v e t o t h e A u g u s t 2 7

c o n t i n u a n c e e n t i t l e s M r

. M o o r e t o a d i s m i s s a l o f t h e c h a r g e s

. T D O C P o l i c y N o

. 5 0 2

. 0 1 i s

a c o m p r e h e n s i v e p o l i c y w h i c h g o v e r n s d i s c i p l i n a r y p r o c e d u r e s w i t h t h e p u r p o s e o f p r o v i d i n g

f o r “ t h e f a i r a n d i m p a r t i a l d e t e r m i n a t i o n a n d r e s o l u t i o n o f a l l d i s c i p l i n a r y c h a r g e s p l a c e d

a g a i n s t i n m a t e s c o m m i t t e d t o t h e T e n n e s s e e D e p a r t m e n t o f C o r r e c t i o n

. ” C e n t r a l t o P o l i c y

N o

. 5 0 2

. 0 1 i s t h e f

o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t o f p o l i c y :

F a i r a n d i m p a r t i a l d i s c i p l i n a r y p r o c e e d i n g s w i l l b e a d m i n i s t e r e d a g a i n s t

i n m a t e s c h a r g e d w i t h d i s c i p l i n a r y i n f r a c t i o n s

. T h e p r o c e d u r e s c o n t a i n e d

h e r e i n a l o n e s h a l l g o v e r n t h e d i s c i p l i n a r y p r o c e s s

. T h i s p o l i c y i s n o t i n t e n d e d

t o c r e a t e a n y a d d i t i o n a l r i g h t s f o r i n m a t e s b e y o n d t h o s e w h i c h a r e

c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y r e q u i r e d

. M i n o r d e v i a t i o n s f r o m t h e p r o c e d u r e s s e t f o r t h

b e l o w s h a l l n o t b e g r o u n d s f o r d i s m i s s a l o

f a d i s c i p l i n a r y o f f e n s e u n l e s s t h e

i n m a t e i s a b l e t o s h o w s u b s t a n t i a l p r e j u d i c e a s a r e s u l t a n d t h a t t h e e r r o r

w o u l d h a v e a

f f e c t e d t h e d i s

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f t h e c a s e

.

T D O C P o l i c y N o

. 5 0 2

. 0 1 V ( e m p h a s i s a d d e d )

. T h e r e c o r d s h o w s t h e r e a s o n f o r t h e A u g u s t

2 7 c o n t i n u a n c e

, a n d t h e r e i s n o t h i n g t o i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e r e a s o n w a s f a l s e

. M o r e o v e r

, t h e

h e a r i n g w a s c o n t i n u e d o n s e v e r a l o t h e r o c c a s i o n s f o r t h e s a m e r e a s o n ; M r

. M o o r e m a k e s n o

c o m p l a i n t r e g a r d i n g t h o s e c o n t i n u a n c e s

. T h e r e c o r d a l s o s h o w s t h a t M r

. M o o r e r e q u e s t e d

-3-C o u n s e l o r C h e r y l W a t s o n t o b e h i s s t a f f a d v o c a t e o n A u g u s t 2 5

, a n d b y l e t t e r d a t e d A u g u s t

2 7

, h e w a s a d v i s e d t h a t C o u n s e l o r W a t s o n w a s n o t a v a i l a b l e ; i t i s l i k e l y

, t h e r e f o r e

, t h a t t h e

h e a r i n g w o u l d h a v e b e e n c o n t i n u e d i n o r d e r f o r h i m t o s e c u r e a s s i s t a n c e

. T h e h e a r i n g w a s

c o n t i n u e d o n A u g u s t 2 7 i n o r d e r t o p r e s e r v e M r

. M o o r e ’ s r i g h t t o a f a i r a n d i m p a r t i a l

p r o c e e d i n g a n d h e h a s s h o w n n o p r e j u d i c e b y t h e c o n t i n u a n c e

.

W i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e o t h e r c o n t i n u a n c e s

, T D O C P o l i c y 5 0 2

. 0 1 

### V I(J) p ro v i d es f o r

co n tin u an ces o f

d iscip lin ary h earin g s, w ith th e p erio d o f co n tin u an ce n o t to ex ceed sev en

d ay s; th e reaso n f

o r th e co n tin u a n c e is to b e d o cu m en ted o n th e m em o ran d u m f o rm

. T h e

p o licy w as co m

p lied w ith in th is case. M r. M o o re’s co n ten tio n th at th e b o ard v io lated th e

p o licy in th is reg ard is w ith o u t m erit.

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### M r. M o o re co n ten d s th at th e h earin g p ro ced u res v io lated T D O C P o l i c y 5 0 2

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### V I(L ) ( 4 ) ( e )

, (f

) an d (g ) w h en th e b o ard receiv ed co n f id en tial in f

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, M r. M o o re cites th e d iscip lin ary rep o rt d ated A u g u st 3

T DOC Pol ic y 502.01 V I (L) (4) pr ovides in re le vant pa rt : 3

4. T he dis ci pli nar y hea ri ng sha ll be con duc te d pursu ant to the fol lowi ng pro ced ure s:

* * *

e. Wh en the dis ci pli nar y he ar ing off ic e r / cha ir per son det er m ine s tha t he/ she

sho uld re cei ve te st imony fr om a con fi den ti al sou rc e whos e ide nti ty can not

be dis c l o s e d d u e to ei the r a fe ar of re pri sal

, or a bre ach of sec uri ty

inf ormat i o n

, or det er m ine s tha t he/ she sho uld re cei ve eviden ce of a

con fi den ti al /s ecu ri ty sen si ti ve nat ure

, it sha ll be the re spo nsi bil it y of the

dis ci pli nar y hea ri ng of

f i c e r to ind epe nde ntl y acc ess and verif y the

re li abi li ty of the inf

ormant’ s te st imony and /or the con fi den ti al s e cur it y

sen si ti ve evidenc e.

f. Wh er e t he r el ia bil it y of the con fi den ti al in for m ant and /or th e e videnc e of

sec uri ty sen si ti ve nat ure h a s n o t bee n ind epe nde ntl y verif ie d, suc h

te st imony or eviden ce sha ll not be con si der ed by the dis ci p li nar y

boa rd/ hea ri ng off

ic er in th e di spo si ti on o f t he d is ci pli nar y char ge(s)

.

g. Wh ene ver co n f

i d ent ia l inf

ormati on or con fi den ti al sec uri ty sen si ti ve

eviden ce is uti l i ze d b y the dis ci pli nar y hea ri ng off ic er /c hai rpe rs on as a

bas is for it s dec is ion

, the T DOC Cont emporan eou s Reco rd of Conf ide nti al

I nfo rmant Rel ia bil it y, CR- 3510

, sha ll be complet ed to doc um ent the fa ct ual

bas is for the dis ci pli nar y hea ri ng off ic er ’s /c hai rpe rs on’ s fi ndi ng tha t the

inf ormant and /or sec uri ty sen si ti ve e vi d e n ce was re li abl e. At pri vatel y

( c o n t i n u e d

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### 2 6 as th e in f o rm atio n w h ich cam e f

ro m a co n f

id en tial so u rce. T h e h earin g su m m ary reco rd s

th at S tev en T u ck er, O f

f icer F errell, an d S g t. Jo rd an w ere th e w itn esses at th e h e a r i n g

, in

ad d itio n to M r. M o o re, an d each testif ied f ro m p erso n al k n o w led g e. T h ere is n o in d icatio n

th at th e d iscip lin ary rep o rt w as in tro d u ced at th e h earin g o r w as o th erw ise co n sid ered b y th e

d iscip lin ary b o ard

. In asm u ch as n o ev id en ce f

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th is co n ten tio n is w ith o u t m erit.

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an y w itn ess th at testif

ied ag ain st h im

, to “rev iew all ad v erse d o cu m en tary ev id en ce,” an d to

testif y an d call w itn esses o n h is o w n b eh alf

. T h e h earin g su m m ary states th at S g t. Jo rd an

, O f f icer F errell, an d S tev e T u ck er testif ied at th e h earin g

. T h e r e is n o in d icatio n f ro m th e

su m m ary th at M r. M o o re so u g h t to cro ss-ex am in e eith er w itn ess an d w as d en ied ; rath er, th e

su m m ary sh o w s th at, f

o llo w in g t h e t e s t im o n y o f th e w itn esses, M r. M o o re m o v ed f o r

d ism issal o f th e ch arg e ag ain st h im. In th e ab sen ce o f an y m en tio n o f h is attem p ted

ex am in atio n o f a w itn ess, w e can n o t assu m e th at h e attem p ted to d o so an d w as d en ied th e

o p p o rtu n ity

. In th is reg ard

, w e n o te th at M r. M o o re f ails to m ak e an y co n ten tio n in reg ard

to h is ab ility to cro ss-ex am in e w itn esses in th e D iscip lin ary R ep o rt A p p eal h e p rep ared o n

O cto b er 1 , 2 0 0 8 , o r th e D iscip lin ary R ep o rt A p p eal h e p rep ared o n O cto b er 2 7

.

T h e reco rd sh o w s th at o n A u g u s t 2 7 M r

. M o o r e r e q u e s t e d S t e v e T u c k e r

, C

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, C

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,

O f f i c e r F e r r e l l a n d S t e v e T u c k e r t e s t i f i e d a t t h e S e p t e m b e r 2 9 h e a r i n g ; t h e r e i s n o i n d i c a t i o n

t h a t M r

. M o o r e r a i s e d a n i s s u e o n S e p t e m b e r 2 9 w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e f a c t t h a t C

. O

. W h i t w o r t h

a n d C

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t o a l l o w t h e i r p r e s e n c e

. A g a i n

, M r

. M o o r e f a i l e d t o m e n t i o n t h i s i s s u e i n e i t h e r o f t h e

D i s c i p l i n a r y R e p o r t A p p e a l s n o t e d p r e v i o u s l y

.

(

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m ana ged fa ci li ti es, the Com m is si one r’ s d e s i gnee sha ll al so re view the

con fi den ti al inf

ormati on and ini ti al the for m

. T his for m sha ll be con si der ed

c o n f i d e nti al and kept as a non-publi c acc ess re cor d in an ar ea des ignat e d

by the Wa rde n.

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. C O N C L U S IO N

F o r t h e f o r e g o i n g r e a s o n s

, w e f

i n d n o e r r o r i n t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n b y t h e t r i a l c o u r t a n d

,

c o n s e q u e n t l y

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f i r m s a m e

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