“The defendants here are not immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment because Johnson seeks prospective declaratory and injunction relief and has alleged a sufficient connection between the defendants and Act 1780’s enforcement,” Judge Jane Kelly wrote on behalf of the court. “The Sevier County Prosecuting Attorney and the Director of the State Crime Lab have a sufficient connection because they possess and control evidence that Johnson seeks to test, and they have refused to provide it to him.”

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