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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE
Assigned on Briefs October 9, 2001

BARTON HAWKINS v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Davidson County
No. 00C-3267 Walter C. Kurtz, Judge

No. M2001-00473-COA-R3-CV - Filed July 25, 2002
Petitioner, a state inmate, filed the underlying pro se petition for writ of certiorari to challenge the result of a prison disciplinary proceeding against him.  The trial court dismissed the suit sua sponte for improper venue.  Because the legislature has localized venue for actions brought by inmates to the county where the prison facility is located, we affirm the decision of the trial court, but remand for transfer to the appropriate trial court.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Circuit Court
Affirmed as Modified and Remanded

PAT RICIA J. COTT RELL, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BEN H. CANT RELL, P.J., M.S., and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., joined.
Barton Hawkins, Henning, Tennessee, Pro Se.
Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Stephanie
R. Reevers, Associate Deputy Attorney General, for the appellee, Tennessee Department of Correction.

OPINION
Appellant Barton Hawkins is an inmate who seeks review of actions taken against him by the Disciplinary Board at West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning (

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