James Bostic v. State of Tennessee and Warden David Sexton

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE

JAMES BOSTIC v. STATE OF TENNESSEE and WARDEN, DAVID SEXTON Appeal from the Circuit Court for Johnson County No. X3434 Hon. Thomas J. Seeley, Jr., Judge

No. E2012-01710-COA-R3-CV - Filed September 28, 2012

Tenn. R. App. P.3 Appeal as of Right; Appeal Dismissed

H ERSCHEL P ICKENS F RANKS, P.J., C HARLES D. S USANO, J R., J., and D. M ICHAEL S WINEY, J.

James E. Bostic, Mountain City, Tennessee, pro se.

James Lee Pope, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee.

MEMORANDUM OPINION 1 This is an appeal from a final order of dismissal in the Circuit Court, entered on April 11, 2012. The appellant did not filed a notice of appeal until August 9, 2012.

This Court issued a show cause order directing appellant to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The appellant has responded to the show cause order by motion which does not show good cause why the appeal should not be dismissed.

Accordingly, this Court is without jurisdiction to entertain the appeal and the appeal is dismissed. The cost of the appeal is assessed to James E. Bostic.

PER CURIAM