Legal Opinion
Stephen West v. Gayle Ray
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 4, 2010No. 10-6196UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Stephen Michael West is scheduled to be executed by the State of Tennessee on November 9, 2010. West challenged the state’s lethal injection protocol in district *73court, and we affirm the district court’s dismissal of his complaint.
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On August 19, 2010, West filed a complaint in district court and made two categories of claims. First, West brought a number of specific claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, all alleging that Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol violates his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Second, West requested a declaratory judgment that the…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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