In Tennessee, a prisoner may challenge a parole board decision through writ of certiorari in a trial court, which is then appealable to the Tennessee Court of Appeals. See Strader v. Traughber, No. M2007-00248-COA-R3-CV, 2008 WL 5204431, at *2 (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 11, 2008), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Aug. 17, 2009). Petitioner has not demonstrated that he has exhausted a challenge to his parole revocation in State court, and therefore, any challenge to the parole revocation must be dismissed for want of exhaustion.

The decision by the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole to revoke parole is "only reviewable through the common-law writ of certiorari." Strader v. Traughber, 2008 WL 5204431 at *2 (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 11, 2008) (citing Miller v. Tennessee Board of Paroles, 1999 WL 43263 (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 1, 1999)); see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-9-101 et seq. (providing the procedure for review of orders of Tennessee boards). A person seeking review of a Tennessee state board's decision "shall, within sixty (60) days from the entry of the order or judgment, file a petition of certiorari in the chancery court of any county" where the petitioner or a defendant resides. Tenn. Code. Ann. § 27-9-102.