Court of Appeals of Tennessee July 25, 2002 (Hawkins v. Tennessee Department of Correction)

OPINION

PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court, in which

BEN H. CANTRELL, P.J., M.S., and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., joined.

Petitioner, a state inmate, filed the underlying

pro se

petition for writ of certio-rari to challenge the result of a prison disciplinary proceeding against him. The trial court dismissed the suit

sua sponte

for improper venue.