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AT NASHVILL E

Ass ig ne d o n B rie fs Decem be r 8, 2 01 1

JAME S P. HURT v. ST ATE O F 

### TENNES SEE

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

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, a n i n m a t e 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

p r o c e e d i n g p r o s e , f

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T enn . R. Ct . App. 10 s ta te s: 1

T his Cour t, wit h the con cur re nce of al l j udges par ti ci pat ing in the cas e, m ay af fi rm, re verse

or m odi fy the act ion s of the tr ia l cou rt by m emorand um opi nio n when a for m al opi nio n woul d have no pre ced ent ia l value. Wh en a cas e is dec ide d by m emorand um opi nio n it sha ll
be des ignat ed “M EMORANDUM OPI NI ON,” sha ll not be publ is hed

, and sha ll not be ci te d

or re li ed o n f

or any re aso n i n an y unrel at ed c ase

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p e t i t i o n b y a d d i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t : “ T H I S I S P E T I T I O N E R ’ S F I R S T

A P P L I C A T I O N F O R T H E W R I T

. ” A f t e r s e c u r i n g a n e x t e n s i o n o f t i m e t o f i l e a r e s p o n s i v e

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

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. T h e t r i a l c o u r t g r a n t e d

t h e m o t i o n a n d d i s m i s s e d t h e p e t i t i o n , h o l d i n g t h a t “ t h e P e t i t i o n d o e s n o t s t a t e t h a t i t i s t h e
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. § 2 7

- 8

- 1 0 6 i n t h e o r i g i n a l p e t i t i o n a n d f a i l e d t o v e r i f

y t h e s t a t e m e n t i n t h e m o t i o n t o a m e n d h i s 2

p e t i t i o n

. T h e s t a t e m e n t i n t h e m o t i o n t o a m e n d

, t r e a t e d a s a n a m e n d m e n t t o t h e p e t i t i o n , 3

m u s t s t a n d o n i t s o w n a n d w a s r e q u i r e d t o b e v e r i f i e d

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T h e j u d g m e n t o f t h e t r i a l c o u r t d i s m i s s i n g t h e p e t i t i o n i s A F F I R M E D

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. D I N K I N S

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T enn . Code Ann. § 27- 8- 106 st at es: 2

T he p et it ion fo r c er ti ora ri m ay be s worn to bef ore th e c le rk of t he c ir cui t c our t, t he j udge, any j udge of

th e c our t o f gene ra l s ess ion s, o r a not ar y publi c, a nd s hal l s ta te th at it is th e fi rs t a ppl ic at ion fo r t he wr it

.

Alt hough Mr

. Hurt fi le d a m oti on to amend the pet it ion

, the m oti on was unne ces sar y, as T enn

. R. 3

Civ. P. 15.0 1 al lows a ple adi ng to be amended as a m at te r of cou rs e at any ti m e pri or to a re spo nsi ve ple adi ng bei ng ser ved.

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