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COApauperis- - C R;$      2    _ThepurposeofTennesseeCodeAnnotatedL4121807#L#Ԁwas"toaddresstheproblemsthatarisewhenstate  courtsareconfrontedbyafloodoftaxpayerfundedinmatelawsuits."WilliamAllen,etal.v.WilliamLloyd,LԀNo.M1999 q 01739COAR3CV(Tenn.Ct.App.June16,2000).#L# R;$      1    _Itappearsfromtherecordthatthesetwopetitionswereconsideredasonepetitionforhabeascorpusrelief.(|G2;$ !.8!dd8         0   d(|37$ !.8!dd8     VVVV'dxd)!dxdx( $ Figure  1  ^_X`YE<<CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(|37$ !.8!dd8     ($$   1  X[Z&OLE 2.0 Box <=8C HKKKK !.8!dd8     _   !8XXdd8@hh?^!INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @gg$ATNASHVILLE#!?^ #Ԉ #    @  @` AssignedonBriefsOctober15,2003 F XX! #!XX!#JASONEUGENEMIZEv.STATEOFTENNESSEEXX!  ? @@ AppealfromtheCircuitCourtforDavidsonCounty  9 @@No.03C531HamiltonV.Gayden,Judge  # @@*AV) ` dE<` A   @@TTNo.M200300986CCAR3CDFiledDecember18,_2003_   AV) ` dE<]` A ^      XeXXXTheAppellant,JasonEugeneMize,proceedingprose,appealsthesummarydismissalofhispetition V  forwritofhabeascorpus,whichallegesthathiseffectiveeightyearsentenceisillegal.Thetrial ? court,actingpursuanttoTennesseeCodeAnnotated4121807(2003),orderedMizetomakea (x partialpaymentofthefilingfeewithintwentydaysanddismissedthepetitionwhenMizefailedto a doso.BecauseMizedidnothavesufficientfundsinhisprisontrustfundaccounttomakeapartial J paymentofthefilingfee,weconcludethatthetrialcourterredbydismissinghispetition. 3 Accordingly,thejudgmentoftheDavidsonCountyCriminalCourtisreversedandremandedfor  furtherproceedingsconsistentwiththisopinion.  #XXX Xe##!XX#XX! Tenn.R.App.P.3;JudgmentoftheCircuitCourtReversedandRemanded.     #!X#XX.!DavidG.Hayes,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichJerryL.SmithandThomasT. Z Woodall,JJ.,joined. C JasonEugeneMize,ProSe,Pikeville,Tennessee. e PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;MichaelMoore,SolicitorGeneral;KathyD.  7  Aslinger,AssistantAttorneyGeneral,fortheAppellee,StateofTennessee. ! ! #!XX #XX!Q @@OO& OPINION #!XX #XX! $$  FactualBackground  ^&!& #!XX #  XX! XeXXX  OnFebruary7,1997,theAppellantpledguiltytoaggravatedrobberyinUnionCountyand 1(#( receivedaneightyearsentence.Thejudgmentformindicatesthatthissentencewastobeserved )j$) concurrentlywith KnoxandAndersonCountycases.InAndersonCountyonAugust22,1997, *S%* theAppellantpledguiltytotwocountsofaggravatedrobberyandreceivedconcurrenteightyear *<&+ sentencesoneachcount.TheAndersonCountyjudgmentformcontainsthenotation, This +%', sentencemayrunconcurrentwithdefendantsKnoxCountysentenceiflegallypossible. ,(- AccordingtotheAppellantsbrief,judgmentwasimposedinKnoxCountyonJune3,1998; -(. _however,therecorddoesnotindicatewhattheconvictionwasfor,thelengthofsentence,ormanner  ofservice.    OnSeptember11,2002,theAppellant,proceedingprose,filedtwopetitionsP #  1      ׀forwritof k habeascorpusintheMorganCountyCircuitCourt,whichchallengedhisUnionandAnderson T Countysentences.Heallegedthathissentenceswereillegalbecausethetrialcourtslackedauthority =  toorderhissentencestobeservedconcurrentlywithsentenceshemayormaynotreceiveinthe & v future.OnJanuary21,2003,theMorganCountyCircuitCourt,uponitsownmotion,transferred  _ thecasetoDavidsonCountybecausetheAppellanthadbeentransferredfromthefacilityinMorgan  H CountytoRiverbendMaximumSecurityInstitutioninNashville.  1    OnFebruary28,2003,theDavidsonCountyCriminalCourtorderedtheAppellanttofile   apaupersoathandtomakeapartialpaymentofthe$37.50filingfeewithintwentydaysasrequired   byTennesseeCodeAnnotated4121807(2003).OnMarch17,2003,theAppellantfileda   documenttitled, PetitionersRequestthattheCourtTakeJudicialNoticeofCaseHistoryand n  CurrentStatusofPetitionforWritofHabeasCorpus.Inthatdocument,theAppellantindicated W  thathehadfiledanaffidavitofindigency,buttheaffidavitapparentlywasnotpartofthetransfer @ fromMorganCounty.Heincludedanewaffidavitofindigencyandstatedthathehadnofundsin )y hisinmatetrustaccount,ashewasamaximumsecurityprisonerand couldnotworkinprisonto b getincome.Thereafter,onMarch28,2003,thetrialcourtdismissedthepetitionbecausethe K Appellanthadfailed tofilethepartialpaymentofthefilingfeeasrequiredbyT.C.A.4121807. 4 TheAppellantnowappealsthisruling.    ANALYSIS       ArticleI,15oftheTennesseeConstitutionguaranteestherighttoseekhabeascorpusrelief r andTennesseeCodeAnnotated2921101to130(2003)codifiestheapplicableproceduresfor [ seekingawrit.However,thegroundsuponwhichourlawprovidesreliefareverynarrow.Taylor D v.State,995S.W.2d78,83(Tenn.1999).HabeascorpusreliefisavailableinTennesseeonlywhen -} itappearsuponthefaceofthejudgmentortherecordoftheproceedingsuponwhichthejudgment f isrenderedthat(1)theconvictingcourtwaswithoutjurisdictionorauthoritytosentenceadefendant O or(2)adefendantssentencehasexpired.Archerv.State,851S.W.2d157,164(Tenn.1993).  8   PersonscommencingacivilactioninTennessee'scourtsmustpayaninitialfilingfee. " ! IndigentpersonsarenotexcusedfrompayingtheinitialfilingfeesrequiredbyTennesseeCode #" Annotated#XXX Xe #XeXXX#XXXXe# XeXXX821401(a)(2003).Becauseofthedramaticincreaseinthenumberofprosecivil $# proceedingsbeingcommencedbystateprisoners,CQ #  2      ׀theTennesseeGeneralAssemblyenactedsection u% $ 4121807in1996toprovideanorderlyprocedureforcollectingtherequiredfilingfeefrom ^&!% prisonerswhofilecivilsuitsinstatecourt.TennesseeCodeAnnotated4121807(a)requires  prisonerstofilecertifiedcopiesoftheirtrustfundaccountstatementsforthesixmonths  immediatelyprecedingthefilingofthecomplaint.Inaddition,TennesseeCodeAnnotated4121  807(b)provides: k 8  (1)Ifaninmatebringsacivilactionorfilesanappealinformapauperis,theinmate =  shallberequiredtopaythefullamountofafilingfee.Thecourtshallassessand, & v whenfundsexist,collectasapartialpaymentofanycourtfeesrequiredbylaw,an  _ initialpartialfilingfeeoftwentypercent(20%)ofthegreateroftheaveragemonthly:  H  8`   (A)Depositstotheinmate'saccount;or     (B)Balanceintheinmate'saccountforthesixmonthperiod   immediatelyprecedingthefilingofthecomplaintornoticeofappeal. ` x` x 8  ...n    8      8  (4)Innoeventshallaninmatebeprohibitedfrombringingacivilactionor @ appealingacivilorcriminaljudgmentforthereasonthattheinmatehasnoassets )y andnomeansbywhichtopaytheinitialpartialfilingfee. b     OnAugust29,2002,theAppellantsbalanceinhisprisontrustfundaccountwas$0.00.The 4 averagebalanceinhisaccountforthesiximmediatelyprecedingmonthswas$0.00.Accordingly,  theAppellantdidnothavesufficientfundstomakethepartialpaymentrequiredbyTennesseeCode  Annotated4121807(b)(1).Accordingly,weconcludethatthetrialcourterredbydismissingthe  Appellantspetitionforhabeascorpusreliefforfailure tofilethepartialpaymentofthefilingfee.  TheAppellantmaynotbepreventedfromproceedingwithhispetitionforhabeascorpusrelief q becauseheisunabletopaytheinitialpartialfilingfee. Z Ѐ   C   WhiletheStateconcedesthattheAppellantsargumentrelatingtopaymentofthefilingfee ,| iscorrect,theStatecontendsthat remandingthiscasetothetrialcourtwouldbeanexercisein e futility,asthe[Appellant]hasfailedtoestablishaclaimforhabeascorpusrelief.Therefore,this N Courtshouldaffirmthedismissalofthepetitions.However,theAppellantisentitledtoahearing  7 todeterminewhetherhehasallegedsufficientfactsthatentitlehimtorelief.SeeTenn.Code.Ann !   2921108to110(2003).Thiscourtdoesnotpossessfactfindingauthority;ourjurisdiction " ! beingappellateonly.Tenn.CodeAnn.165108(1994);seealsoTenn.CodeAnn.2921127 #" (2003).Thus,thisdeterminationmustbemadebythetrialcourtuponremand.Accordingly,this $# caseisremandedforproceedingsconsistentwiththisopinion. t% $ #XXX Xe#   `     h     ___________________________________ *Q%)    `     h     DAVIDG.HAYES,JUDGE