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Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight;JudgmentoftheCircuitCourtAffirmed  v   #<X #X X.<HollyKirbyLillard,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichW.FrankCrawford,_P.J._, V _W.S._,andAlanE._Highers_,J.,joined. F RudolphPowers,_Tiptonville_,Tennessee,ProSe. &v PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter,MichaelE.Moore,SolicitorGeneral,andTerri V L._Bernal_,AssistantAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellees,Sgt.JoelSmith,WardenFred_Raney_,and F Commissioner_Donal_ԀCampbell. 6  X XXX  @@!MEMORANDUMOPINION  #  1      #X X XX+ ##<XX #X X<   #<XX 9 #  X X<  Inthiscase,RudolphPowers,aninmateintheNorthwestCorrectionalComplexin "! _Tiptonville_,Tennessee,filedapetitioninCircuitCourtseekingreviewofanactionbythe #" disciplinaryboardattheprison.ThedisciplinaryboardsanctionedPowersforrefusingtoparticipate ~$# inhisjob.PowersappealedtheboardsactiontoFred_Raney_,theWarden,whoupheldtheboards n% $ action.PowersthenappealedtotheCommissioneroftheDepartmentofCorrections.JimRose,the ^&!% assistantCommissionerfortheDepartmentofCorrections,notifiedPowersonDecember13,1999,  thathisappealwasdenied.    OnMarch16,2000,PowersfiledapetitionforreviewinLakeCountyCircuitCourt.The  respondents,Sgt.JoelSmith,theheadofthedisciplinaryboard,WardenFred_Raney_,and p Commissioner_Donal_ԀCampbell,filedamotiontodismissarguing,interalia,thatPowersspetition `  shouldbedismissedbecausehefailedtofileitwithinsixtydaysasrequiredbyTennesseeCode P  Annotated279102(2000).Alongwiththeirmotiontodismiss,therespondentsfiledtheaffidavit @  ofDennis_Talley_,anExecutiveAdministrativeAssistantattheDepartmentofCorrections,who 0  testifiedthatAssistantCommissionerJimRoserespondedtoPowerssappealonDecember13,  p  1999.Becausetherespondentsfiled_Talley_saffidavitwiththeirmotiontodismiss,thetrialcourt `  treatedthemotiontodismissasamotionforsummaryjudgment.OnAugust29,2000,thetrial P  courtgrantedsummaryjudgmenttotherespondents,holdingthatPowersspetitionwastimebarred @  underTennesseeCodeAnnotated279102.Fromthisorder,Powersnowappeals. 0    Inthiscase,theessentialfactsareundisputed.Sinceonlyquestionsoflawareinvolved,we  reviewthetrialcourtsgrantofsummaryjudgmentdenovo,withnopresumptionofcorrectness.   X XXX See  Warrenv.EstateofKirk ,954S.W.2d722,723(Tenn.1997).#X XXX #Ԁ    TennesseeCodeAnnotated279101providesanypersonaggrievedbythedecisionofa  boardorcommissionfunctioningaccordingtoStatelawtheopportunitytoappealthatdecisionto p Statecourts. See Tenn.CodeAnn.279101(2000).Section279102states: ` 8  Suchpartyshall,withinsixty(60)daysfromtheentryoftheorderorjudgment,file @ apetitionofcertiorariinthechancerycourtofanycountyinwhichanyone(1)or 0 moreofthepetitioners,oranyone(1)ormoreofthematerialdefendantsreside,or  p havetheirprincipaloffice,statingbrieflytheissuesinvolvedinthecause,the ` substanceoftheorderorjudgmentcomplainedof,therespectsinwhichthe P petitionerclaimstheorderorjudgmentiserroneous,andprayingforanaccordant @ review.0   Tenn.CodeAnn.279102.Section279103givestheCircuitCourtconcurrentjurisdictionover ! suchproceedings. See Tenn.CodeAnn.279103(2000).Thesixtydaytimeperiodis "  mandatory;failuretofilewithinsixtydaysrendersthedecisionoftheagencyfinal,andthecourts #! nolongerhavejurisdictiontoreviewit. See_Thandiwe_Ԁv._Traughber_ ,909S.W.2d802,804(Tenn. $" Ct.App.1994).SincePowersreceivednoticeonDecember13,1999,thattheCommissionerhad % # deniedhisrequestforanappeal,itisundisputedthatPowerswasrequiredtofilehispetitionfor p&!$ reviewnolaterthanFebruary11,2000.Powersfailedtodoso. `'"%   Onappeal,Powersarguesthathewasdeniedtheabilitytofilewithinthesixtydayperiod @)$' becausetheprisonwasinan institutional_lockdown_,denyinghimaccesstothelawlibrary,notary 0*%(  service,andcopyserviceduringthecriticaltimeperiod.Insupportofhisargument,hecites  +p&) documentsshowingthathetriedtosubmithispetitionbeforetheexpirationofthesixtydaytime  period.Onedocumentisaletter,signedbyanunidentifiedperson,stating:   8   ` ToWhomItMayConcern:   8  8`   ItispossiblethattherequestforcopiesMr.RudyPowers#95360 `  statedthathesubmittedon2/1/00wasnotcopiedandreturnedtohim P  until2/20/00.Noonecanrecallforcertain.Thiswasduringthetime @  ofaninstitutional_lockdown_Ԁandcopyrequestswerebeingsubmitted 0  bymanyinmates,sincethiswastheironlymethodofaccesstolegal  p  material.Itcouldhavemistakenlybeenmisplacedforabriefperiod; `  though,ifsoitwouldnotbedoneintentionally.P ` x` x 8  7/28/000   0 0h  Sincerely,0 h h  8   `     h [Undecipherablesignature]   8   `     h Principal   p        Thiscannottollthesixtydaymandatoryperiodforappealingthedisciplinarydecision.Thetrial  courtwaswithoutjurisdictiontohearPowersspetition.Underthesecircumstances,weaffirmthe p trialcourtsgrantofsummaryjudgment. `   Thedecisionofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.CostsonappealaretaxedtotheAppellant, @ RudolphPowers,andhissurety,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary. 0  Ӏ   ` 0    h     ___________________________________  (# (#    `     h     HOLLYKIRBYLILLARD,JUDGE