Legal Opinion
Grayson v. Dunn
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided November 18, 2016No. CASE NO. 2:12-CV-0316-WKW CASE NOS. 2:16-CV-0267-WKW, 2:16-CV-0268-WKW, 2:16-CV-0269-WKW, 2:16-CV-0270-WKW, 2:16-CV-0284-WKWPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
W. Keith Watkins, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Ronald Bert Smith is an Alabama death-row inmate, in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections (“ADOC”) awaiting his execution scheduled for December 8, 2016.1 On April 15, 2016, he filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of Alabama’s method-of-execution under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. His complaint contains identical claims and involves questions of fact and law common to the Midazolam…
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Carey Dale Grayson v. Warden, Commissioner, Alabama DOCCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
- Geoffrey West v. Commissioner, Alabama DOCCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
- Arthur v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
- Arthur v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
- Arthur v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
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