Legal Opinion

DeYoung v. Owens

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided July 20, 2011No. 11-13235PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HULL, Circuit Judge:

Georgia death-row inmate Andrew DeYoung brutally murdered his mother, his father, and his fourteen year old sister, Sarah, and was convicted and sentenced to death. See, e.g., DeYoung v. Schofield, 609 F.3d 1260, 1262 (11th Cir.2010), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 131 S.Ct. 1691, 179 L.Ed.2d 628 (2011). 1

DeYoung is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. On Friday, July 15, 2011, DeYoung filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that the State of Georgia’s method of lethal execution will violate his Eighth Amendment right to be free…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Baze v. ReesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  2. McNair v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
  3. DeYoung v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  4. Leib v. Hillsborough County Public Transportation CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
  5. Ingram v. AultCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Glossip v. GrossSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Larry Eugene Mann v. John PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
  3. Juan Chavez v. Florida SP Warden, etalCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
  4. Arthur v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
  5. Marcus A. Wellons v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014

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