COURT OF APPEALS OPINIONS

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Jackson vs. Jackson
M1999-00133-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Trial Court Judge: Donald P. Harris

Robinson vs. Nissan Motor Mfg. Corp., USA
M1999-00296-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge William H. Inman
Trial Court Judge: Robert E. Corlew, III

Al-Fatlawy vs. Doe and Chicago Insurance Co.
M1999-00195-COA-R9-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.

Fahey vs. Eldridge
M1999-00500-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge William H. Inman
Trial Court Judge: Clara W. Byrd

Davis vs. Holland, et al
M1999-00460-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Marietta M. Shipley

Gibson vs. Trant, et al
M1999-00390-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge William H. Inman
Trial Court Judge: Wheeler A. Rosenbalm

Wheeler vs. TDOC
M1999-00569-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Carol L. Mccoy

State Dept. of Children's Svcs. vs. Hunter
M1999-02606-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Betty Adams Green

Ann King, et al vs. Danek Medical Inc., et al
W1999-02651-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: John R. Mccarroll, Jr.

E1999-01965-C0A-R3-CV
E1999-01965-C0A-R3-CV
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

Darron Smith vs. Ed Mullikin
W1999-00105-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge W. Frank Crawford
Trial Court Judge: D'Army Bailey

Burress vs. Sanders
M1999-00210-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Herschel P. Franks
Trial Court Judge: Muriel Robinson

Suntheimer vs. Suntheimer
M1999-00248-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Patricia J. Cottrell

Jones vs. Ewell
M1999-00883-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Herschel P. Franks
Trial Court Judge: Jeffrey F. Stewart

Brown vs. Brown
M1999-02739-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Thomas W. Graham

Simonton vs. Huff
M1998-00493-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

Thurman Deshazer vs. Ferrell Paving
W1998-00834-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Holly M. Kirby
Trial Court Judge: George H. Brown

Dianne Fisher vs. Isaac Fisher
W1998-00864-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Alan E. Highers
Trial Court Judge: Kay S. Robilio

Monroe Davis vs. State of Tennessee
W1999-02701-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Holly M. Kirby

Frankie Pauline Maples vs. Frank Allen Maples
E1999-00550-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge David Michael Swiney

E1999-1529-COA-R3-CV
E1999-1529-COA-R3-CV

Ronald Stephen Satterfield, vs. Gary Long and Richard M. Smith
E1999-00349-COA-R3-CV

State Auto Ins. Co. vs. Bishop
M1998-00900-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Patricia J. Cottrell

Ricky Lee Oldham v. Tennessee Department of Correction
M1998-00852-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Carol L. McCoy

This appeal involves a dispute between an inmate and the Tennessee Department of Correction (“Department”) regarding deductions from the inmate’s trust account to pay the court costs stemming from his criminal conviction. After his inmate grievance proved unsuccessful, the inmate filed a petition for a declaratory order in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking a declaration that the Department could not deduct funds from his inmate trust account without a court order. The trial court dismissed the inmate’s petition because it did not state that the inmate had previously sought a declaratory order from the Department. The inmate asserts on this appeal that he should be excused from this requirement because he is undertaking to represent himself and because his grievance was tantamount to a petition for a declaratory order. We affirm the dismissal of the inmate’s complaint in accordance with Tenn. Ct. App. R. 10(b).1