Legal Opinion
Alley v. Little
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 24, 2006No. 06-5816UnpublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Chief Judge.
We AFFIRM the district court’s grant of the defendants’ motion to dismiss Sedley Alley’s challenge to Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Order, June 14, 2006, Case No. 3:06-0340, 2006 WL 1697207.
The Supreme Court has recently furnished relevant guidance. In Hill v. McDonough, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 2096, 165 L.Ed.2d 44 (2006), the Court held unanimously that death row inmates may sue under § 1983 to enjoin the state’s use of the prevailing lethal injection protocol on the grounds that it allegedly amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in…
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