Jones v. State of Tennessee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN JONES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No.: 3:21-CV-123-KAC-DCP v. ) ) STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) TONY PARKER, LISA PARKS, and ) MELISSA CAMPBELL, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Christopher Stephen Jones, a Tennessee Department of Correction (“TDOC”) inmate proceeding pro se, filed an Amended Complaint alleging that the state-sanctioned collection of funds from his inmate account to pay the costs of his criminal prosecution violates federal law, state law, and the Constitution [Doc. 30].…