Sims v. Kernan

Filed 12/14/18 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR MITCHELL SIMS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, A151732 v. SCOTT KERNAN, AS SECRETARY OF (Alameda County DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Super. Ct. No. RG16-838951) AND REHABILITATION, ETC. et al., Defendants and Respondents. California law provides that the death penalty shall be inflicted by either lethal gas or by “an intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause death, by standards established under the direction of the…