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AT NAS HVILLE A ssi gne d on Brie fs O ct obe r 24, 200 5 LLO YD McPHERSO N v. TE NNESSEE BOARD OF PROBATI ON AND PA ROL E Appeal f romthe Chancer y Court for Hickm an Coun ty No. 03-292C R uss Held m an, Jud ge

No. M2004- 01307-COA-R 3-CV - F iled Janu ary 12, 2006
This appea l involves a prisoner se eking custodial parole . After the Tenne ssee B oard of Probation and Parole denied his r equest, the prisoner filed a petition f or a common-law writ of ce rtiorari in the Chance ry Court for Hickman Countyseeking judicial revie w of the Boar d’s decision. The trial court dis mis se d th e pe tit ionbe c aus e it w a s n ot time ly fi le d, a ndthepriso ne r h a s app e a le d. We a g re e wi th the trial court’s conclusion that the pe tition was not ti mely filed. Tenn. R. App . P . 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgme nt of th e Chancer y Court Affi rm ed W I L L I AM C. K O CH , J R ., P.J ., M.S., delivered the opinion of the court, in which W I L L I AM B. C A IN and P ATR I C I A J. C O T T RE LL , J J ., joined. L loy d McPherson, Only , Tenne ssee, Pro Se. Paul G. Summers, Attorney Gene ral and Reporter ; Michae l E

. M o o re , So li c it o r Gene ral; and Jennifer L . Br enner , Assistant Attorney Gene ral, for

the appe llee, Te nnessee Boa rd of Probation and Parole. M EM ORAN DU M OP IN ION 1 L loy d McPherson is incar cer ated at the Turney Center Industrial Prison in Only , Tenne ssee wh e rehe is s e rv ing a

lif e se nte nc e a ft e r b e ing c on vic te d in19 74 a s a ha bitua l c ri min a l anda lso rec eivi n g a n i n et y -ni ne-y ear sentenc e for

first deg reemurder in 1975 and a one- y ear sentenc e for esca pe in 1981. On J une 10, 2003, the Tennessee Boar d of P robation and Parole de clined to g rant him custodial parole to beg in serving his 1981 sentence . There afte r, on Nove mber 6, 2003, Mr. L loy d f ile d a pe tit ionfo r a

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seeking judicial revie w of the Boar d’s dec ision. The Boa rd filed a motion for summary

judgme nt on the g round that Mr. McPherson’s petition wa s not filed within the six ty -day time limi t require d by Tenn. Code Ann. § 27- 9-102 (2000) . The trial c ourt g rante d the motion a n d d i s m i s s ed the petition. Mr. McPherson has a ppeale d. Mr. McPherson’ s custodial parolehearing w as conduc ted on J u n e 10, 2003. The B oard declined to parole him on J une 16, 2003 beca use of the s eriousness of his offense s. Mr. McPherson decide d to pursue an internal administrative appe al but failed to f ile the appe al until five day s after the dea dline for f

iling administrative a

ppeals. Ac cording ly , the appe al did not toll t he running of Tenn. Code Ann. § 27- 9-102’s six ty -day period for seeking judicial revie w. Turner v. Tenn. Bd. of Paroles , 993 S.W .2d 78, 80 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). Th e sixty -d a y

tim e lim it i n T e nn . Co deAn n. § 2 7- 9- 10 2 is mand a tory a ndjurisd ic tio na l. Hickm an v. T

en n . Bd. of Paroles , 78 S.W .3d 285, 289 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). Mr . McPherson’s pe tit ionwa s f

ile d wel l a ft e r the B oa

rd ’s de c isi on ; th e re fo re , th e tria l c ou rt pr op e rl y dis mis se d h is pe tit ionbe c aus e it w a s ti me -b arr e d. We t a x the c os ts o f this app e a l to Lloy d M c Phe rs on . We a lso find that Mr. McPher son’s petition f or a writ of common-law certiorari and subse quent appe al ar e frivolous in acc ordanc e with Tenn. Code A nn. §§ 41-21-807( c), - 816(a) (1) ( 2003).

______________________________ WILLIAM C. K OC H, JR., P. J., M. S.