Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-07 01:08:00.754099+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:56:32.907761
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
                             AT JACKSON

                 COURTNEY LOGAN v. LISA HELTON ET AL.

                Appeal from the Chancery Court for Hardeman County
                         No. 19646 Kasey Culbreath, Judge
                                                                                            FILED
                                                                                           DEC 0 6 2023
                                                                                       Clerk of t
                                No. W2023-00063-COA-R3-CV                              Red 13y

Appellant, Courtney Logan, appealed a December 7, 2022 order of the Hardeman County
Chancery Court. Because the order appealed is not a final judgment, this Court lacks
jurisdiction to consider the appeal. Tenn. R. App. P. 3(a). The appeal is dismissed.

               Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Appeal Dismissed.

J. STEVEN STAFFORD, P.J., W.S.; ARNOLD B. GOLDIN, J..; CARMA DENNIS MCGEE, J.

Courtney R. Logan, Whiteville, Tennessee, pro se, appellant.

Andrée Sophia Blurnstein, Solicitor General, for the appellees, Tennessee Departrnent of
Corrections, and Commissioner, TN. Dept. of Correction.

                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION'

       Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 13(b) of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate
Procedure, on October 31, 2023, the Court directed Appellant to show cause why this
appeal should not be disrnissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after it became clear
that there was no final judgrnent from which an appeal as of right would lie. "A final

        Rule 10 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals provides:

       This Court, with the concurrence of all judges participating in the case, may affirm, reverse
       or modify the actions of the trial court by memorandum opinion when a formal opinion
       would have no precedential value. When a case is decided by memorandum opinion it shall
       be designated "MEMORANDUM OPINION," shall not be published, and shall not be
       cited or relied on for any reason in any unrelated case.
judgment is one that resolves all the issues in the case, 'leaving nothing else for the trial
court to do.'" In re Estate of Henderson, 121 S.W.3d 643, 645 (Tenn. 2003) (quoting State
ex rel. McAllister v. Goode, 968 S.W.2d 834, 840 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997)). This Court does
not have subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate an appeal as of right if there is no final
judgment. See Bayberry Assocs. v. Jones, 783 S.W.2d 553, 559 (Tenn. 1990) ("Unless an
appeal from an interlocutory order is provided by the rules or by statute, appellate courts
have jurisdiction over final judgments only.").

        Specifically, Appellant, who is incarcerated, appealed a December 7, 2022 order of
the trial court that denied his request to be transported to appear in a civil case. This is not
a final order, as it does not resolve any claims between any parties. Although Appellant
filed a response to this Court's October 31, 2023 Show Cause Order, the response failed to
show good cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of a final judgment.

      In the absence of final judgment, this Court lacks jurisdiction to consider this appeal.
Tenn. R. App. P. 3(a). Thus, the appeal is hereby DISMISSED. Costs on appeal are taxed
to Appellant, Courtney Logan, for which execution may issue.

                                                              PER CURIUM

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