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ÔÔ€ÔÝ  ÝÑ  ÑÒ € ÒÒ ° ÒÒ € ÒÒ „ ÒÑ\R AØ'\ÑÑ\R AØ'\ÑÑ€ÑÑ7€WÞXXdædÈ7ÑÑ  ÑÑ  ÑÞ ÞÌTIMMY€D.€TOMLINSON,à àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àPetitioner/Appellant,à àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àAppeal€No.Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à à01„A„01„9703„CH„00143ÌVS.à àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àDavidson€ChanceryÌÙ€€ÙßR€ !A1-j|Õ¡` ç `€€@ÿRßà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àNo.€96„1179„IIIÌCHARLES€TRAUGHBER,€CHAIRMANà à)ÌTENNESSEE€BOARD€OF€PAROLES,à à)ÌET€AL.,à àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àRespondents/Appellees.à àà à)ÌÌÌà@ àCOURT€OF€APPEALS€OF€TENNESSEEÌà@ àMIDDLE€SECTION€AT€NASHVILLEÌÌÌAPPEALED€FROM€THE€CHANCERY€COURT€OF€DAVIDSON€COUNTYÌAT€NASHVILLE,€TENNESSEEÌÌTHE€HONORABLE€ELLEN€HOBBS€LYLE,€CHANCELLORÌÌÌÌTIMMY€D.€TOMLINSON,€#124785ÌMorgan€County€Regional€Correctional€FacilityÌP.€O.€Box€2000ÌWartburg,€Tennessee€37887à àÌà àPro€Se/Petitioner/AppellantÌÌJOHN€KNOX€WALKUPÌAttorney€General€and€ReporterÌÌJOHN€R.€MILESÌAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌCordell€Hull€Building,€Second€FloorÌ425€5th€Avenue€NorthÌNashville,€Tennessee€37243„0488Ìà àAttorney€for€Respondents/AppelleesÌÌÌÌÌà@ àAFFIRMED€AND€REMANDEDÌÌÌÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àBEN€H.€CANTRELL,€JUDGEÌÌÌCONCUR:ÌTODD,€P.J.,€M.S.ÌKOCH,€J.ÌÌÇÓÓÓ  Óà@ àò òòòÔ€„ÔO€P€I€N€I€O€Nó óóóÔ€XÔÌÌà àà àThe€Tennessee€Board€of€Paroles€declined€to€grant€parole€to€anÏinmate€in€the€custody€of€the€Department€of€Correction.€€After€his€administrativeÏappeal€of€that€decision€was€turned€down,€the€inmate€petitioned€the€chancery€courtÏfor€a€Writ€of€Certiorari.€€The€court€dismissed€his€petition€on€the€ground€onÏuntimeliness.€€We€affirm€the€dismissal,€but€base€our€decision€on€the€alternateÏground€of€the€petitionerððs€failure€to€state€a€claim€upon€which€relief€can€be€granted.€€€ÌÌà@ àò òI.Ìó óÌà àà àOn€October€22,€1988,€Timmy€Dwayne€Tomlinson€was€convicted€ofÏtwo€counts€of€aggravated€rape,€assault€with€attempt€to€murder,€and€attempt€toÏcommit€rape.€€He€was€sentenced€to€forty€years.€€His€sentence€was€later€reduced€toÏtwenty„five€years.ÌÌà àà àOn€August€8,€1995€a€hearing€officer€conducted€a€parole€hearing€forÏMr.€Tomlinson.€€The€hearing€officer€recommended€that€parole€be€declined,€basedÏupon€high€risk€and€seriousness€of€offense.€€The€Board€adopted€the€hearingÏofficerððs€recommendations€on€August€18,€1995.ÌÌà àà àMr.€Tomlinson€filed€an€internal€appeal€of€the€Boardððs€decision.€€HisÏappeal€was€denied€on€March€21,€1996.€€He€filed€his€Petition€for€Certiorari€inÏchancery€court€on€April€15,€1996,€claiming€that€the€Board€had€acted€illegally€andÏarbitrarily€in€denying€him€parole€without€first€ordering€a€psychologicalÏexamination,€and€in€using€the€seriousness€of€his€offense€as€a€factor€in€making€itsÏdecision.€€The€trial€court€dismissed€the€petition€on€the€ground€that€it€was€not€filedÏwithin€the€sixty„day€jurisdictional€time€limit€set€forth€in€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€27„9„102.€€This€appeal€followed.ÌÌà@ àò òII.ó óÌÌà àà àOn€appeal,€Mr.Tomlinson€concedes€that€his€petition€was€filed€moreÏthan€sixty€days€after€the€Board€refused€to€grant€him€parole,€but€argues€that€it€wasÏnot€untimely,€because€it€was€filed€within€sixty€days€of€the€Boardððs€denial€of€hisÏappeal€of€that€refusal.ÌÌà àà àThis€court€has€previously€determined€in€a€case€involving€revocationÏof€parole,€that€the€sixty€day€period€within€which€the€petitioner€was€required€to€fileÏhis€Petition€for€Writ€of€Certiorari€did€not€begin€to€run€until€the€Boardððs€decisionÏbecame€final€and€he€had€exhausted€his€administrative€remedies.€€See€òòJenningsÏv.€Traughberóó,€Appeal€No.€01A01„9509„CH„00390€(filed€Nashville,€March€6,Ï1996).ÌÌà àà àHowever€the€question€of€the€correct€starting€point€for€the€sixty„dayÏjurisdictional€time€limit€in€cases€where€the€Board€declines€to€grant€parole€has€notÏbeen€decided€by€this€court.€€See€òòFite€v.€Board€of€Parolesóó,€923€S.W.2d€543€(Tenn.ÏApp.€1996).€òò€Sams€v.€Traughberóó,€Appeal€No.€01„A„01„9603„CH„00133€(FiledÏNashville,€August€14,€1966).€€In€the€present€case,€we€have€examined€theÏpetitionerððs€allegations€and€we€find€that€even€if€his€petition€were€considered€to€beÏtimely,€he€has€failed€to€state€a€claim€upon€which€relief€may€be€granted.€€See€Tenn.ÏR.€Civ.€P.€12.02(6).€ÌÌà àà àAs€we€have€observed€many€times€before,€the€Writ€of€Certiorari€mayÏbe€granted€only€under€very€narrow€conditions.€€It€is€available€only€where€theÏpleadings€in€the€reviewing€court€indicate€that€the€inferior€tribunal€has€ð ðexceededÏits€jurisdiction,€or€has€acted€illegally,€arbitrarily€or€fraudulently.ðð€€Seeòò€Powell€v.ÏParole€Eligibility€Review€Boardóó,€879€S.W,2d€871,€873€(Tenn.€App.€1994);€see€alsoÏòòYokley€v.€Stateóó,€632€S.W.2d€123€(Tenn.€App.€1981).ÌÌà àà àThis€fundamental€limitation€on€the€scope€of€the€writ€has€frequentlyÏled€petitioners€to€adopt€the€language€of€the€above„cited€cases€while€describingÏproceedings€that€do€not€appear€to€suffer€from€any€significant€irregularity.€€TheÏpresent€case€appears€to€be€one€of€these.€€à àÌÌà àà àThe€petitioner€bases€his€primary€claim€upon€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„28„116(a)(2):ÌÒ 0 ÒÒ „ ÒÒ 0 ÒÒ  ÒÓÓNo€person€convicted€of€a€sex€crime€shall€be€released€onÏparole€unless€a€licensed€psychiatrist€or€licensedÏpsychologist€designated€as€a€health€service€provider€hasÏevaluated€such€an€inmate€and€determined€to€aÏreasonable€degree€of€medical€or€psychological€certaintyÏthat€the€inmate€does€not€pose€the€likelihood€of€committingÏsexual€assaults€upon€release€from€confinement.€TheÏevaluations€shall€be€provided€by€psychiatrists€or€licensedÏpsychologists€designated€as€health€service€providersÏwhose€services€are€contracted€for€and€funded€by€theÏboard€or€the€department.€ÌÒ € ÒÒ  ÒÒ € ÒÒ ° ÒÓÓÌÌà àà àSince€he€apparently€did€not€receive€such€an€evaluation,€Mr.ÏTomlinson€claims€that€that€the€Board€acted€illegally€in€regard€to€his€case.€€ItÏdoes€not€appear€to€us,€however,€that€the€plain€words€of€the€statute€or€theÏlegislative€intention€behind€it€require€that€a€psychological€evaluation€beÏperformed€before€a€parole€hearing€may€be€conducted€for€an€inmate€who€hasÏbeen€convicted€as€a€sex€offender.ÌÌà àà àIt€appears€that€the€purpose€of€the€statute€is€to€protect€the€publicÏby€preventing€the€Board€from€releasing€a€convicted€sex€offender€until€theÏrequired€psychological€finding€is€obtained,€not€to€create€a€new€proceduralÏright€for€such€offenders.€€This€does€not€mean,€of€course,€that€the€Board€or€theÍDepartment€may€withhold€psychological€evaluation€from€an€inmate,€and€thenÏuse€the€absence€of€the€required€finding€as€its€sole€reason€for€denying€parole.ÌÌà àà àIn€the€present€case€the€Board€denied€parole€for€Mr.€TomlinsonÏbecause€of€high€risk,€and€because€his€release€at€this€stage€in€his€sentenceÏwould€depreciate€the€seriousness€of€his€offenses.€€See€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„35„503.€It€was€not€denied€because€he€did€not€receive€a€favorableÏpsychological€evaluation.ÌÌà àà àWhile€there€may€be€an€overlap€between€the€psychologicalÏevaluation€that€the€statute€requires€and€a€finding€of€high€risk,€we€note€that€Mr.ÏTomlinson€was€also€convicted€of€assault€with€attempt€to€commit€murder,€whichÏis€not€classified€as€a€sexual€offense,€and€therefore€does€not€require€theÏpetitioner€to€undergo€psychological€evaluation€before€parole€may€be€grantedÏor€denied.Ì€€€€€€€Ìà àà àThe€petitionerððs€second€claim€is€a€challenge€to€the€practice€ofÏusing€the€seriousness€of€a€prisonerððs€offense€as€a€reason€for€declining€parole.€ÏWe€have€dealt€extensively€with€this€question€in€previous€cases,€and€we€haveÏfound€that€even€though€the€seriousness€of€a€prisonerððs€offense€may€have€beenÏfactored€into€the€sentence€he€received,€in€appropriate€cases€it€may€also€be€aÏlegitimate€reason€for€declining€parole.€€See€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„35„503(a)(2);òò€South€v.€Board€of€Parolesóó,€Appeal€No.€01„A„01„9609„CH„00393Ï(Filed€Nashville,€December€11,€1996);òò€Mosley€v.€Board€of€Parolesóó,€Appeal€No.Ï01„A„01„9604„CH„00162€(Filed€Nashville,€November€1,€1996).€€This€appearsÏto€be€one€such€case.ÌÌà@ àò òIII.ó óÌÌà àà àThe€action€of€the€trial€court€is€affirmed,€but€for€failure€to€state€aÏclaim€upon€which€relief€can€be€granted€rather€than€for€untimeliness.€€RemandÏthis€cause€ÌÌÌto€the€Chancery€Court€of€Davidson€County€for€further€proceedings€consistentÏwith€this€opinion.€€Tax€the€costs€on€appeal€to€the€appellant.ÌÌÌÌÓÓà àà àà àà àà àà à_____________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àBEN€H.€CANTRELL,€JUDGEÌÌÌÌCONCUR:ÌÌÌÌÌ_______________________________ÌHENRY€F.€TODD,€PRESIDING€JUDGEÌMIDDLE€SECTIONÌÌÌÌÌ_______________________________ÌWILLIAM€C.€KOCH,€JR.,€JUDGEÌÌÇÑ Ü ÑÑ  Ñà@ à