Jordan v. Blount County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE DOUGLAS JORDAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:16-CV-122-PLR-CCS ) BLOUNT COUNTY, JAMES BROOKS, and ) SCOTT CARPENTER, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiff Douglas Jordan was convicted of second-degree murder in October of 2002. Following denial of his direct appeal, Jordan filed a petition for post-conviction relief. In the post-conviction proceedings, Jordan discovered that Blount County detectives found a knife during their investigation that was never provided to his criminal defense attorney. Jordan also…