Brandon Copeland v. Tennessee Department of Correction

The appellant, a former Tennessee Department of Correction (“TDOC”) employee, challenges the Tennessee Board of Appeals’ decision upholding his dismissal as an employee due to actions allegedly constituting official misconduct and tampering with evidence. The appellant requests that this Court overrule or modify the Tennessee Supreme Court’s holding in Tenn. Dep’t of Corr. v. Pressley, 528 S.W.3d 506 (Tenn. 2017), which this Court lacks authority to do. Although we conclude that the appellant has waived his remaining two issues on appeal by failing to provide legal authority or argument, we further conclude that the Tennessee Board of Appeals’ decision was supported by substantial and material evidence. We therefore affirm the Davidson County Chancery Court’s final judgment dismissing the appellant’s petition for judicial review with prejudice.