WPC? # VUNa % 0(Lb) w@1 4q  0l 0D D 0JL 0T 0^ 0hH 0r 0|" 0 0$ 1u 0d) BU >B)DC AMTU*t D3Mv~  0@v AO 0D D/ B"HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS 600dpiPSCRIPT0nLL(9 Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($C:\OFFICE\WPWIN\TEMPLATE\STANDARD.WPT- - LMNDOPIQDRDSReTӀ^D 3|x^((3$ !      0  (#$  0  2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X d<  9p`(&Times New Roman% Line 7 d$$$$7Border 1dd-%C << G<  9p`(Arial  !  #d##  ''   YYY FILED'XApril25,1997CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerk   j !#d##   $       #CourtofAppealsRule10(b):8 TheCourt,withtheconcurrenceofalljudgesparticipatinginthecase,mayaffirm,reverseormodifytheactionsofthetrialcourtbymemorandumopinionwhenaformalopinionwouldhavenoprecedentialvalue.Whenacaseisdecidedbymemorandumopinion,itshallbedesignated"MEMORANDUMOPINION,"shallnotbepublished,andshallnotbecitedorreliedonforanyreasoninasubsequentunrelatedcase. 'dxd  !#d##   $       #ThecomplaintallegedelevengovernmentofficialsconspiredwithfortynineprivatecitizenstobringfalsecriminalchargesagainstPlaintiff.AllpersonswerenamedasdefendantsaswasMarshallCounty,Tennessee.PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'h("$    Styl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . #  ݛ\RA'\\RA'\7^XXdd7  #` `  X#Ӝ JERRYDALEDUFFEY, )  ) Plaintiff/Appellant, ) AppealNo.  ) 01A019607CH00324v.  )  ) MarshallCounty̜R&(%A1-j|i`  `@RߛWILLIAMCHARLESLEE,etal, ) No. 9795  ) Defendants/Appellees. )  COURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEEMIDDLESECTIONATNASHVILLEAPPEALFROMTHECHANCERYCOURTFORMARSHALLCOUNTYATLEWISBURG,TENNESSEETHEHONORABLELEERUSSELL,CHANCELLOR  JERRYDALEDUFFEY,ProSeNCSC7466CentennialBlvd.Nashville,Tennessee372091052CHARLESW.BURSONAttorneyGeneral&ReporterMARKH.CHENCivilRights&ClaimsDivisionCordellHullBuilding,2ndFloorNashville,Tennessee372430488 ATTORNEYSFORDEFENDANTS/APPELLEES  AFFIRMEDANDREMANDED  SAMUELL.LEWIS,JUDGE  #MEMORANDUMOPINION )   כ   #Thisisanappealbyplaintiff/appellant,JerryDaleDuffey,fromthechancerycourtsjudgmentdismissinghiscomplaintagainstDefendants.Thefactsoutofwhichthismatteraroseareasfollows. Plaintiffwasindictedonthirtyonecountsoftheftofpropertybyfraudand/ordeceit.Afterallwassaidanddone,Plaintiffwasconvictedontwentyfourofthecountsandwassentencestofourteenyearsandonemonth.TheCourtofCriminalAppealsaffirmedtheconviction. On30May1996,Plaintifffiledacomplaintnamingnumerousdefendants. +   ׀Plaintiffsoughttorecovercivildamagesforviolationsofhiscivilrights.Defendantsfiledamotiontostaytheissuanceofsummonspendingahearingonwhetherthelawsuitwas vexatiousandabusive.Thechancerycourtgrantedthemotionandsetahearingdate.Afterthehearing,thecourtfoundPlaintiffsclaimswerefrivolousandmaliciousanddismissedthecomplaintpursuanttoTennesseeCodeAnnotatedsection4121804(a)(2).Plaintifffiledatimelynoticeofappeal. Thereisnotranscriptorstatementoftheevidencefiledormadeapartoftherecordonappeal.Itisawellsettledruleinthisstatethatwhenthereisnotranscriptoftheevidencecourtswillconclusivelypresumeonappealthatthefindingsoffactmadebythetrialcourtaresupportedbytheevidenceheardinthatcourt.Thus,thiscourtmustacceptthetrialcourtsfindingsoffactastrue. Rockwellv.Arthur, 673S.W.2d512,516(Tenn.App.1983). Acourtmaydismissaninmateslawsuitifthecourtfindstheclaimisfrivolousormalicious.Tenn.CodeAnn.4121804(a)(2)(Supp.1996). Indeterminingwhetheraclaimisfrivolousormaliciousundersubsection(a),thecourtmayconsiderwhetherornot:1)Theclaimhasachanceofsuccess;2)Theclaimhasabasisinlawandinfact;and3)Theclaimissubstantiallysimilartoapreviousclaimfiledbytheinmateinthatthepresentclaimarisesfromthesameoperativefacts. Id. 4121804(b). Here,thetrialcourtconductedthestatutoryhearingandfoundPlaintiffsclaim doesnothaveachanceofsuccessandhasnobasisinfactorinlaw.Thecourtfurtherfoundtheclaimwas frivolousandmaliciousandamountstonomorethananeffortbythePlaintifftoseekrevengeonthoseindividualswhohaveinsomewaycontributedtohislawfulconvictiononcriminalcharges.Wemustpresumethesefindingsarecorrectintheabsenceofatranscriptorstatementoftheevidence. Therefore,itresultsthatthejudgmentofthetrialcourtindismissingPlaintiffscomplaintisaffirmedwithcostsassessedtotheplaintiff/appellant,JerryDaleDuffey.Thecauseisremandedtothetrialcourtforanyfurthernecessaryproceedings.#X  ____________________________________  SAMUELL.LEWIS,JUDGECONCUR:_____________________________________HENRYF.TODD,P.J.,M.S._____________________________________BENH.CANTRELL,J.