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ÔÔ€ÔÓ&€$$X„d&ÓÑ#€$$Xd#ÑÔ€%ÔÔ€%¼ÔÓ  ÓÝ  ÝÒ  ÒÒ „ ÒÑ Ü ÑÑ\R AØ'\ÑÑ  ÑÑ€ÑÑ7€Nž¼¼ddÈ7ÑÑ  ÑÑ  Ñ›à@ àÔ€%„Ôò òIN€THE€COURT€OF€APPEALS€OF€TENNESSEEÌà@ àMIDDLE€SECTION€AT€NASHVILLEÌÙ€€ÙœßL€(+';+'h|¶ÿK` ç `€€Lß›ÌÔ€%¼ÔœÌÌÌ›ÌÓ` °‡XœÈ“XÓó óFRANK€R.€DALTON,à àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àPlaintiff/Appellant,à àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àDavidson€ChanceryÌà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àNo.€95„876„IIIÌVS.à àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àAppeal€No.Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à à01„A„01„9601„CH„00029ÌTENNESSEE€BOARD€OF€PAROLES,à à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àDefendant/Appellee.à àà à)Ì̛̜Ìà@ àAPPEAL€FROM€THE€CHANCERY€COURT€FOR€DAVIDSON€COUNTYÌà@ àAT€NASHVILLE,€TENNESSEEÌÌà@ àTHE€HONORABLE€ROBERT€S.€BRANDT,€CHANCELLORÌ̛̜ÌòòFor€the€Plaintiff/Appelleeóó:à àà àà àà àòòFor€theÏDefendant/Appellantóó:€€ÌFrank€R.€Dalton,€Pro€Seà àà àà àà àà àCharles€W.€BursonÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àAttorney€General€andÏReporterÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àPatricia€C.€KussmannÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌ̛̜ÌÌÌà@ àÔ€%„Ôò òVACATED€AND€REMANDEDó óÌÌÔ€%¼ÔÌÌÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àWILLIAM€C.€KOCH,€JR.,ÏJUDGEÇÓ€ÓÔ€%„Ôà@ àò òòòO€P€I€N€I€O€Nóóó óÌÔ€%¼ÔÌà àThis€appeal€involves€a€prison€inmateððs€efforts€to€be€paroled.€€After€theÏTennessee€Board€of€Paroles€declined€to€parole€him,€the€inmate€filed€a€petitionÏfor€common„law€writ€of€certiorari€in€the€Chancery€Court€for€DavidsonÏCounty€seeking€review€of€the€boardððs€decision.€€The€trial€court€dismissed€theÏpetition€on€the€ground€that€it€failed€to€state€a€claim€upon€which€relief€could€beÏgranted,€and€the€inmate€appealed€to€this€court.€€We€have€determined€that€theÏboard€has€not€demonstrated€that€it€is€entitled€to€a€judgment€as€a€matter€of€law,Ïand€therefore,€we€vacate€the€judgment€and€remand€the€case€for€furtherÏproceedings.ÌÌà@ àò òI.ó óÌÌà àFrank€R.€Dalton€raped€his€twelve„year„old€stepdaughter€and€threatenedÏher€with€harm€if€she€reported€it.€€His€crime€was€discovered€nonetheless,€andÏon€January€6,€1988,€Mr.€Dalton€pled€guilty€to€aggravated€rape,€aggravatedÏsexual€battery,€and€violation€of€bond€and€was€sentenced€to€serve€twenty„oneÏyears.€€He€is€currently€incarcerated€at€the€Carter€County€Work€Camp.ÌÌà àMr.€Dalton€had€a€parole€hearing€on€February€1,€1995.€€The€hearingÏofficer€recommended€œagainst›€parole€because€Mr.€Dalton€had€not€completed€aÏtreatment€program€for€sex€œoffenders.€€The€parole€board€concurred€with€theÏhearing€officerððs€recommended€disposition,€and€Mr.€Dalton€was€informed€onÏFebruary€27,€1995€that€he€would€not€be€paroled€and€that€his€case€would€beÏreviewed€again€in€February€1998.€€One€of€the€concurring€board€membersÍincluded€a€comment€on€the€disposition€form€that€Mr.€Dalton€had€threatenedÏhis€victim€if€she€disclosed€his€behavior.ÌÌà àMr.€Dalton€filed€a€pro€se€petition€for€common„law€writ€of€certiorari€inÏthe€Chancery€Court€for€Davidson€County€on€March€20,€1995.€€He€asserted€thatÏthe€boardððs€decision€to€deny€him€parole€because€he€had€not€completed€aÏtreatment€program€for€sex€offenders€was€inconsistent€with€the€consent€decreeÏin€òòDean€v.€McWherter,óó€No.€1„90„0027€(M.D.€Tenn.€filed€Aug.€18,€1994).€ÏThe€board€moved€to€dismiss€the€petition€on€the€ground€that€it€failed€to€state€aÏclaim€upon€which€relief€could€be€granted€and€supported€its€motion€with€anÏaffidavit€of€its€staff€attorney€as€well€as€a€copy€of€its€record€of€the€dispositionÏof€Mr.€Daltonððs€case.€€The€trial€court€granted€the€boardððs€motion€andÏdismissed€Mr.€Daltonððs€petition.ÌÌà@ àò òII.ó óÌÌà àWe€turn€first€to€the€standard€of€review.€€The€courts€will€not€interfereÏwith€the€parole€boardððs€decisions€with€regard€to€the€release€of€inmates€if€theseÏdecisions€are€made€according€to€law.€€òòFlowers€v.€Traughber,óó€910€S.W.2d€468,Ï470€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1995);€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„28„115(c)€(1990).€ÏAccordingly,€the€scope€of€review€available€under€a€common„law€writ€ofÏcertiorari€is€very€narrow€and€is€limited€to€determining€whether€the€boardÏexceeded€its€jurisdiction€or€acted€illegally,€fraudulently,€or€arbitrarily.òò€ÏPowell€v.€Parole€Eligibility€Review€Bd.,óó€879€S.W.2d€871,€873€(Tenn.€Ct.ÏApp.€1994).€€While€the€courts€will€not€use€the€writ€to€inquire€into€the€intrinsicÏcorrectness€of€the€boardððs€decisions,€òòFlowers€v.€Traughber,óó€910€S.W.2d€atÍ470;òò€Powell€v.€Parole€Eligibility€Review€Bd.,óó€879€S.W.2d€at€873,€they€will€useÏthe€writ€to€determine€whether€the€board€has€met€its€obligation€to€follow€theÏapplicable€law€and€its€own€rules.€€òòWells€v.€Tennessee€Bd.€of€Paroles,óó€909ÏS.W.2d€826,€829€(Tenn.€Ct.€App.€1995).ÌÌà àTenn.€R.€Civ.€P.€12.02€provides€that€motions€to€dismiss€for€failure€toÏstate€a€claim€upon€which€relief€can€be€granted€should€be€treated€as€motions€forÏsummary€judgment€if€matters€outside€the€pleadings€are€presented€to€and€notÏexcluded€by€the€trial€court.€€While€trial€courts€have€discretion€to€considerÏextraneous€documents,€òòPacific€Eastern€Corp.€v.€Gulf€Life€Holding€Co.,óó€902ÏS.W.2d€946,€952€(Tenn.€Ct.€App.€1995),€they€must€treat€a€Tenn.€R.€Civ.€P.Ï12.02(6)€motion€as€a€motion€for€summary€judgment€if€they€do€not€exclude€theÏextraneous€evidence.€€òòHixson€v.€Stickley,óó€493€S.W.2d€471,€473€(Tenn.€1973);òòÏD.€T.€McCall€&€Sons€v.€Seagraves,óó€796€S.W.2d€457,€459„60€(Tenn.€Ct.€App.Ï1990).€€ÌÌà àThe€board€supported€its€motion€in€this€case€with€extraneous€documentsÏwhich€were€not€excluded€by€the€trial€court.€€Accordingly,€its€motion€toÏdismiss€must€be€treated€as€a€motion€for€summary€judgment.€€It€follows€that€theÏboard€was€entitled€to€the€dismissal€of€Mr.€Daltonððs€petition€only€if€the€materialÏfacts€are€undisputed€and€if€it€is€entitled€to€a€judgment€as€a€matter€of€law.€ÏTenn.€R.€Civ.€P.€56.03;€òòAnderson€v.€Standard€Register€Co.,€óó857€S.W.2d€555,Ï559€(Tenn.€1993);€òòByrd€v.€Hall,óó€847€S.W.2d€208,€211€(Tenn.€1993).€€Our€taskÏon€appeal€is€limited€to€determining€whether€Tenn.€R.€Civ.€P.€56.03'sÏrequirements€have€been€met.€€òòCarvell€v.€Bottoms,óó€900€S.W.2d€23,€26€(Tenn.Ï1995);€òòCowden€v.€Sovran€Bank/Central€South,óó€816€S.W.2d€741,€744€(Tenn.Í1991).€€While€there€are€no€material€disputes€concerning€the€facts€relevant€toÏthe€disposition€of€this€case,€we€have€determined€that€the€board€has€notÏdemonstrated€that€it€is€entitled€to€a€judgment€as€a€matter€of€law.ÌÌà@ àò òIII.ó óÌÌà àThe€essence€of€Mr.€Daltonððs€claim€is€that€the€board€acted€arbitrarily€andÏillegally€by€denying€him€parole€because€he€had€not€completed€a€treatmentÏprogram€for€sex€offenders.€€Even€though€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b)Ï(1990)€provides€that€ð ð[s]uccessful€participation€and€completion€of€suchÏtreatment€program€shall€be€a€requirement€of€parole€from€the€correctionalÏinstitutions€by€such€offenders,ðð€Mr.€Dalton€asserts€that€the€board€could€notÏapply€the€statute€to€him€under€the€terms€of€the€federal€consent€decree€in€òòDeanÏv.€McWherteróó.ÌÌà@ àò òA.ó óÌÌà àòòDean€v.€McWherteróó€involved€a€class€action€filed€in€the€United€StatesÏDistrict€Court€for€the€Middle€District€of€Tennessee€on€behalf€of€all€convictedÏsex€offenders€in€the€custody€of€the€Tennessee€Department€of€Correction.€€TheÏinmates€challenged€the€constitutionality€of€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€33„6„302€(1984)Ïwhich€defined€sexual€offenders€as€ð ðmentally€ill€personsðð€who€ð ðshould€be€givenÏcontinued€care€and€treatment€so€long€as€their€release€would€constitute€a€threatÏto€them€or€to€the€general€public.ðð€€They€also€challenged€the€constitutionality€ofÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b).€€On€February€24,€1992,€the€United€StatesÏDistrict€Court€entered€a€memorandum€and€order€rejecting€the€report€andÍrecommendation€of€the€United€States€Magistrate€Judge€and€determining€thatÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€33„6„302€was€constitutional€on€its€face.€€The€district€courtÏspecifically€withheld€ruling€on€the€constitutionality€of€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b).€€òòSeeóó€òòNichols€v.€McWherter,óó€No.€3„88„0614€(M.D.Tenn.€filed€Feb.Ï24,€1992).€€ÌÌà àThereafter,€on€June€3,€1994,€the€parties€stipulated€that€the€sexual€abuseÏtreatment€program€required€in€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(a)€had€ð ðnot€beenÏfully€developed€and€instituted€by€the€Tennessee€Department€of€Correction.ðð€ÏTheir€stipulation€also€provided:ÌÓÓÌà8 àà8 àà à2.à àThe€Tennessee€Board€of€Paroles€will€notÏapply€the€provisions€of€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b)€until€such€time€that€the€sex€abuse€treatmentÏprogram€is€fully€instituted.ÌÌà8 àà8 àà à3.à àThe€provisions€of€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ððÏ41„21„235(b)€will€be€applied€only€to€those€sexÏoffenders€who€are€committed€to€the€custody€of€theÏDepartment€of€Correction€after€the€sex€abuseÏtreatment€program€is€instituted.ÌÌà8 àà8 àà à4.à àEach€sex€offender€who€comes€before€theÏBoard€of€Paroles€will€be€judged€on€his€or€her€ownÏmerits.€€The€Board€will€apply€the€factors€set€forth€inÏthe€Rules€of€the€Board€of€Paroles,€Chapter€1100„1„1„.06,€to€each€sex€offender€in€determining€whether€toÏgrant€or€deny€parole.ÌÌÓ€ÓThe€United€States€District€Court€entered€an€order€on€August€18,€1994,Ïapproving€the€partiesðð€stipulation€and€dismissing€the€suit€ð ðwithout€prejudice€toÏthe€merits€of€any€claims€should€the€Tennessee€Board€of€Paroles€take€any€actionÍto€deny€parole€pursuant€to€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b).ðð€€òòDean€v.ÏMcWherter,óó€No.€1„90„0027€(M.D.€Tenn.,€filed€Aug.€18,€1994).ÌÌÌÌÌà@ àò òB.ó óÌÌà àThe€board€does€not€contest€the€validity€or€the€applicability€of€òòDean€v.ÏMcWherteróó€to€this€case.€€Instead,€it€argues€that€the€stipulations€do€not€preventÏit€from€recommending€that€a€prisoner€complete€a€treatment€program€for€sexÏoffenders€before€being€released€on€parole.€€It€interprets€the€United€StatesÏDistrict€Courtððs€order€as€permitting€the€use€of€the€completion€of€a€treatmentÏprogram€as€a€prerequisite€to€parole€as€long€as€it€does€not€ð ðmechanicallyðð€applyÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b).€€We€do€not€agree€with€the€boardððsÏinterpretation€of€the€United€States€District€Courtððs€order.ÌÌà àJudgments€and€orders€should€be€construed€using€the€rules€ofÏconstruction€applied€to€other€written€instruments.€€òòLivingston€v.€Livingston,óóÏ58€Tenn.€App.€271,€281,€429€S.W.2d€452,€456€(1967).€€Thus,€we€shouldÏconstrue€a€judgment€in€light€of€the€pleadings€and€the€entire€record,€òòVanatta€v.ÏVanatta,óó€701€S.W.2d€824,€826„27€(Tenn.€Ct.€App.€1985);€òòFleming€v.€Kemp,óóÏ27€Tenn.€App.€150,€154,€178€S.W.2d€397,€399€(1944),€and€we€shouldÏendeavor€to€give€all€parts€of€a€judgment€their€full,€reasonable,€and€consistentÏeffect.òò€€Branch€v.€Branch,óó€35€Tenn.€App.€552,€555„56,€249€S.W.2d€581,€582„83€(1952).ÌÌà àThe€plain€wording€of€the€stipulations€approved€by€the€United€StatesÏDistrict€Court€limits€the€boardððs€ability€to€rely€on€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b).€€Under€no€circumstances€can€it€use€an€inmateððs€failure€to€complete€aÏtreatment€program€for€sex€offenders€as€grounds€to€deny€parole€until€it€hasÏfully€developed€and€instituted€the€treatment€program€required€by€Tenn.€CodeÏAnn.€ðð€41„21„235(a).€€Even€after€it€institutes€this€program,€it€can€only€applyÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b)€to€inmates€who€were€incarcerated€after€theÏprogram€was€instituted.€€The€boardððs€parole€decisions€with€regard€to€inmatesÏto€whom€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b)€does€not€apply€must€be€consistentÏwith€Tenn.€Comp.€R.€&€Regs.€1100„1„1„.06.€€ÌÌÌà àThe€board€did€not€merely€ð ðrecommendðð€that€Mr.€Dalton€participate€in€aÏtreatment€program€for€sex€offenders.€€Its€own€records€and€the€affidavit€of€itsÏstaff€attorney€show€clearly€that€it€declined€to€parole€Mr.€Dalton€because€heÏhad€not€completed€a€treatment€program€for€sex€offenders.€€Thus,€the€boardÏvisited€upon€Mr.€Dalton€the€very€injustice€that€the€United€States€District€CourtÏaddressed€in€òòDean€v.€McWherteróó.€€Since€there€is€no€evidence€that€theÏdepartment€had€fully€implemented€the€treatment€program€by€February€1995,Ïthe€board€imposed€an€impossible€condition€on€Mr.€Daltonððs€parole,€namely€theÏcompletion€of€a€treatment€program€that€did€not€exist.ÌÌà àThe€Department€of€Correction€had€not€instituted€the€treatment€programÏrequired€by€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(a)€when€Mr.€Dalton€wasÏincarcerated€in€1988.€€Thus,€Mr.€Dalton€is€not€one€of€the€inmates€whoseÍparole€can€be€denied€pursuant€to€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b).€€TheÏboard,€therefore,€acted€arbitrarily€and€illegally€when€it€refused€to€abide€by€theÏconsent€decree€in€òòDean€v.€McWherteróó€and€declined€to€parole€Mr.€DaltonÏbecause€he€had€not€completed€a€treatment€program€for€sex€offenders.€ÏAccordingly,€Mr.€Daltonððs€petition€stated€a€cause€of€action€upon€which€reliefÏunder€a€common„law€writ€of€certiorari€could€be€granted,€and€the€board€hasÏfailed€to€demonstrate€that€it€is€entitled€to€a€judgment€of€dismissal€as€a€matterÏof€law.ÌÌà@ àò òC.ó óÌÌà àOur€determination€that€the€board€acted€arbitrarily€and€illegally€byÏfailing€to€follow€its€agreement€in€òòDean€v.€McWherteróó€does€not€necessarily€endÏthe€inquiry.€€The€boardððs€reliance€on€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b)€couldÏbe€considered€harmless€error€if€the€board€had€other€adequate,€independentÏgrounds€for€declining€to€grant€Mr.€Dalton€parole.€€These€grounds,€if€theyÏexist,€must€be€among€the€grounds€listed€in€Tenn.€Comp.€R.€&€Regs.€1100„1„1„.06.€€ÌÌà àThe€preprinted€document€used€by€the€board€to€report€its€action€statesÏthat€the€board€declined€to€parole€Mr.€Dalton€because€he€had€not€completed€aÏtreatment€program€for€sex€offenders€and€because€he€ð ðviolated€position€of€trustÏas€father€figure.ðð€€The€latter€rationale€does€not€fit€readily€into€one€of€theÏseventeen€factors€listed€in€Tenn.€Comp.€R.€&€Regs.€1100„1„1„.06(1)€and€doesÏnot€appear€to€relate€to€either€Tenn.€Comp.€R.€&€Regs.€1100„1„1„.06(3)(b)€orÏ1100„1„1„.06(3)(e).€€ÌÌà àUnspecific€findings€of€fact€and€conclusions€of€law€hamper€a€courtððsÏability€to€determined€whether€an€administrative€decision€rests€on€the€law€andÏthe€evidence€or€whether€it€is€arbitrary€and€capricious.€òò€Levy€v.€State€Bd.€ofÏExaminers€for€Speech€Pathology€and€Audiology,óó€553€S.W.2d€909,€912€(Tenn.Ï1977).€€We€cannot€discern€from€the€record€of€the€boardððs€decision€whether€itÏwould€have€declined€to€release€Mr.€Dalton€on€parole€had€it€not€relied€uponÏTenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€41„21„235(b)€or€whether€the€board€properly€limited€itsÏreview€of€Mr.€Daltonððs€case€to€the€factors€listed€in€Tenn.€Comp.€R.€&€Regs.Ï1100„1„1„.06.€€Accordingly,€we€have€determined€that€the€trial€court€shouldÏhave€remanded€the€case€to€the€board€with€directions€to€consider€whether€Mr.ÏDalton€should€be€paroled€using€only€the€factors€listed€in€Tenn.€Comp.€R.€&ÏRegs.€1100„1„1„.06.ÌÌà àThis€case€differs€factually€from€òòArnold€v.€Tennessee€Board€of€Paroles,óóÏApp.€No.€01„A„01„9508„CH„00375€(Tenn.€Ct.€App.€May€8,€1996)€in€which€anÏinmate€also€asserted€that€the€board€had€improperly€relied€on€Tenn.€Code€Ann.Ïðð€41„21„235(b)€to€deny€him€parole.€€While€Mr.€Arnold,€like€Mr.€Dalton,€wasÏamong€the€class€of€sex€offenders€covered€by€the€òòDean€v.€McWherteróó€federalÏconsent€decree,€the€board€did€not€specifically€decline€to€parole€him€because€heÏhad€not€completed€a€treatment€program€for€sex€offenders.€€The€board€declinedÏto€parole€Mr.€Arnold€because€of€the€ð ðseriousness€of€[his]€offense.ðð× ƒ, ××  ×€€TheÏboardððs€decision€with€regard€to€Mr.€Arnold€was€not€illegal€or€arbitraryÍbecause€Tenn.€Comp.€R.€&€Regs.€1100„1„1„.06(3)(b)€authorizes€the€denial€ofÏparole€if€the€inmateððs€release€would€ð ðdepreciate€the€seriousness€of€theÏoffense.ðð€Accordingly,€Mr.€Arnoldððs€petition€for€writ€of€certiorari€failed€toÏstate€a€claim€upon€which€relief€could€be€granted.ÌÌà@ àò òIV.ó óÌÌà àWe€vacate€the€order€dismissing€Mr.€Daltonððs€petition€and€remand€theÏcase€to€the€trial€court€for€the€entry€of€an€order€consistent€with€this€opinionÏremanding€the€case€to€the€board€for€further€consideration.€€We€tax€the€costs€ofÏthis€appeal€to€the€Tennessee€Board€of€Paroles.ÌÌÌÓÓà àà àà àà àà àà àà à____________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àà àWILLIAM€C.€KOCH,€JR.,ÏJUDGEÌÌÌCONCUR:ÌÌÌ________________________________ÌHENRY€F.€TODD,€P.J.,€M.S.€ÌÌÌ________________________________ÌSAMUEL€L.€LEWIS,€JUDGE€