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Wood v. Ryan

2:14-cv-01447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 26, 2014

On June 26, 2014, multiple residents and citizens of Arizona subject to the death penalty filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) and multiple state officials associated with the organization under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. With the representation of private counsel and the Federal Public Defenders Office, the plaintiffs claimed violations of the First Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, …
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Hoffman v. Jindal

3:12-cv-00796 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2012

Closed Date: March 31, 2022

This case is about whether the State of Louisiana had sufficient procedures by which to execute individuals sentenced to death. On December 20, 2012, an individual who had received the death penalty filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Represented by private counsel and a non-profit impact litigation organization, he sued the Governor of Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("DPSC") and …
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North Carolina Department of Correction v. North Carolina Medical Board

97-CRS-49226 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2007

On January 18, 2007, the North Carolina Medical Board (NCMB) issued a Position Statement to express their views regarding the participation of North Carolina's licensed physicians in executions. NCMB stated their belief that any physician participation in capital punishment was a violation of medical ethics. But since NCMB recognized that North Carolina law (specifically N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-190) required the presence of "the surgeon or physician of the penitentiary" during the execution of co…
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Zitrin v. Georgia Composite Board of State Medical Examiners

2005cv103905 | Georgia state trial court

Filed Date: July 22, 2005

Closed Date: 2008

Dr. Arthur Zitrin, a New York University psychiatry professor and death penalty abolitionist, filed a formal complaint with the Georgia State Board of Medical Examiners against Dr. Hothur Sanjeeva Rao over Rao's involvement in an execution. In December 2004, the Georgia board dismissed the complaint and denied Zitrin's appeal. Zitrin argued that "[a]ll existing standards internationally and nationally held by professional health societies bars doctors from participating."On July 22, 2005, Zitr…
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Evans v. Saar

1:06-cv-00149 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2006

Closed Date: 2012

On January 19, 2006, a death-sentenced inmate of the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center in Baltimore, Maryland filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Maryland Department of Correction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiff, whose execution was scheduled to take place during the week of February 6, 2006, sought a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction enjoining the defendants from carrying out his execution using their current p…
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Jones v. Hobbs

CV-2010-1118 | Arkansas state trial court

Filed Date: March 8, 2010

On March 8. 2010, a prisoner scheduled to be executed in Arkansas, filed an action against the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) in the Circuit Court for the County of Pulaski. The Plaintiff, represented by the Federal Defenders, sought an injunction against the state prohibiting his execution, claiming that the Arkansas Method of Execution Act (MEA), violated the state constitution. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the MEA's removal of standards for lethal injection and 'menu-st…
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Taylor v. Jones

5:05-cv-00825 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 20, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On July 20, 2005, two death-sentenced inmates of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Anderson and Taylor complained to the Court that the lethal injection procedure used by the defendants during executions violated the Constitution by inflicting enormous amounts of pain on the executed prisoner. Specifically, they claimed th…
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Johnson v. Little

3:06-cv-00946 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2006

Closed Date: 2013

On October 4, 2006, a death-sentenced inmate of the Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Tennessee Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The State of Tennessee allows death-sentenced prisoners who committed their crimes prior to 1999 to choose their method of execution - lethal injection or the electric chair. Plaintiff complained to the Court that both …
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Morales v. Hickman

3:06-cv-00219 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2006

On January 11, 2006, several inmates at the state prison at San Quentin filed lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, all of whom were scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, alleged that their constitutional rights were threatened, arguing that lethal injection was cruel and unusual punishment that violated the Eighth Amendment. They further argued that pancuronium…