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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON

ROGER L. KAUFMAN v. STATE OF TENNESSEE, ET AL.
Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hardeman County
No. 9018 Jon Kerry Blackwood, Judge

No. W1999-02449-COA-R3-CV - Decided May 15, 2000
An inmate presently in custody of the Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) sued the warden of that facility, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), its CEO and the State of Tennessee.  He seeks release from that facility contending that the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) released him and surrendered him to a facility outside the borders of the State of Wisconsin for incarceration.  The trial court dismissed the cause of action and we affirm.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Circuit Court Affirmed; and Remanded.
FARMER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and LILLARD, J., joined.
Roger L. Kaufman, Pro Se.
Tom Anderson, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellee, Corrections Corporation of America.

OPINION
The appellant, Roger L. Kaufman, has appealed from an order of the trial court dismissing his cause of action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.  See Rule 12.02(6)
T.R.C.P.  A motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted challenges the legal sufficiency of the claim, not the strength of the plaintiff

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