Legal Opinion
Grayson v. Dunn
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided October 31, 2016No. CASE NOS. 2:12-CV-0316-WKW, 2:13-CV-0781-WKW, 2:14-CV-1028-WKW, 2:14-CV-1029-WKW, 2:14-CV-1030-WKW, 2:16-CV-0267-WKW, 2:16-CV-0268-WKW, 2:16-CV-0269-WKW, 2:16-CV-0270-WKW, 2:16-CV-0284-WKWPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
W. Keith Watkins, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE •
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs Carey Dale Grayson, Demetrius Frazier, David Lee Roberts, Robin Dion Myers, and Gregory Hunt are Alabama death-row inmates who have been committed to the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections (“ADOC”) awaiting their presently unscheduled executions., They each filed separate actions under- 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of Alabama’s method-of-execution under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Because these actions involve common…
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