WPCE # VUNa % 0(bw@4% 9 H 0JP 0T 0^ 0hL 0r 0|& 0 0( 1u 0d- U> B) DC AM;U* v~ B=vZ D3- 0@` AO 0D D/ B(HP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLh(9 Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($- - @D@@{@@E@@U@U@U@ӀH$3|x@2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(&Times New Roman% Line 7 d7Border 1dd- C << G<  9p`(Arial  !  #d#  ""   YYY FILED"XJuly31,1998CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerk  PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'h dStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva %%%%'dxd("$    -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! .       \RA'\ћ7QXXdd7    ќ R!# A1-j|`  `@R DONALDDAVIS,    )      ) SumnerCircuit Plaintiff/Appellant,   ) No.16897C      ) VS.      )      ) SUMNERCOUNTYSHERIFF,J.D. ) AppealNo.VANDERCOOK,BILLYTEMPLETON,) 01A019712CV00696ASSISTANTADMINISTRATOR, )SONYATROUTT,    )      ) Defendants/Appellees.  )@ INTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ ATNASHVILLE@ APPEALFROMTHECIRCUITCOURTOFSUMNERCOUNTY@ ATGALLATIN,TENNESSEE0   HONORABLETHOMASGOODALL,JUDGE  DonaldDavis,#117350̜D.C.I.,Box700Waupun,WI53963PROSEPLAINTIFF/APPELLANTWilliamR.Wright,BPR4024LeahMayDennen,BPR12711OfficeoftheLawDirectorSumnerCountyAdministrationBuilding355NorthBelvedereDrive,Room208Gallatin,Tennessee37066ATTORNEYSFORDEFENDANTS/APPELLEES  AFFIRMEDANDREMANDED.         HENRYF.TODD      PRESIDINGJUDGE,MIDDLESECTIONCONCURS:BENH.CANTRELL,JUDGEWILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,JUDGE DONALDDAVIS,    )      ) SumnerCircuit Plaintiff/Appellant,   ) No.16897C      ) VS.      )      ) SUMNERCOUNTYSHERIFF,J.D. ) AppealNo.VANDERCOOK,BILLYTEMPLETON,) 01A019712CV00696ASSISTANTADMINISTRATOR, )SONYATROUTT,    )      ) Defendants/Appellees.  ) @  OPINIONX    ThecaptionedappellantisaprisonerinthepunitivecustodyoftheTennesseeDepartmentofCorrection.HesuedtheSheriffofSumnerCountyandtwoofhisemployeesforviolationof42USC1983byviolatinghiscivilrightsbyfailingtoprovidehimwitha noϜporkdietuponhisdemandtherefor. Thedefendantsmovedtodismissforfailuretostateaclaimforwhichreliefcanbegranted.However,defendantsfiledaffidavitswhichwereconsideredbytheTrialJudgeandmentionedinhisjudgmentdismissingplaintiffssuit.Thereforethemotionwasproperlytreatedasamotionforsummaryjudgment,andthejudgmentmaybereviewedasasummaryjudgment. TheaffidavitoftheJailAdministratorstates:   `  1. IamtheJailAdministratoroftheSumnerCountyJail. 2. WhenPlaintiffDonaldDavisenteredtheJailhedidnotrequestaspecialdiet. 3. Whenwebecameawareofthis,wenotifiedthekitchenandhaveattemptedtoprovidehimalternatefoodsources. 4. Onseveraloccasions,Mr.Davishasturneddownthesealternativefoodsourcesashedeemedthemnotassavoryastheporkdishesbeingserved. 5. Nevertheless,wewillcontinuetoofferhimnoporksubstituteswhenporkisofferedinthediet.     Thecounteraffidavitoftheplaintiffiscomposedentirelyofargument,includingthefollowing:   `  3. Thedefendantshavetodate,failedtoaddressthemealsthatwereservedonthedatesinquestionofcomplaint,11/96to4/97.Mealsbeingservedfrom5/97topresentmaybenutritionallyadequate,plaintiffisnolongerthere,thereforecannotarguethesemealsofdatesinquestionwithincomplaint.     Plaintiffsaffidavitdoesnotdenytheunequivocalaffidavitoftheadministratorthat,anonporkdietwasfurnishedtoplaintifffromthetimeofhisrequestforthedurationofhisincarceration. Whenapartymovingforsummaryjudgmenthasfiledevidencewhich,ifuncontradicted,requiresasummaryjudgmentasamatteroflaw,themovingpartyisentitledtosummaryjudgmentunlesstheopposingpartyoffersevidencecontradictingthatofthemovingparty.TRCPRule56.Robertsv.Roberts,Tenn.App.1992,845S.W.2d225. Inthepresentcase,theplaintifffilednoevidencetocontradictthatofferedbydefendants.Therefore,theentryofsummaryjudgmentofdismissalwascorrect. ThejudgmentoftheTrialCourtisaffirmed.Costsofthisappealaretaxedagainstappellant.ThecauseisremandedtotheTrialCourtforappropriatefurtherproceedings.  AFFIRMEDANDREMANDED.             _________________________________       HENRYF.TODD        PRESIDINGJUDGE,MIDDLESECTION  CONCUR:____________________________BENH.CANTRELL,JUDGE____________________________WILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,JUDGE