Legal Opinion
Russell Bucklew v. George Lombardi
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2015No. 14-2163PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Russell Bucklew was convicted in state court of murder, kidnapping, and rape and sentenced to death. After Missouri courts denied post-conviction relief, we affirmed the district court’s denial of Bucklew’s petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus. Bucklew v. Luebbers, 436 F.3d 1010, 1013-*112215 (8th Cir.2006). This appeal concerns his § 1983 challenge to Missouri’s lethal injection method of execution.
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On April 9, 2014, the Supreme Court of Missouri issued a writ of execution, setting Bucklew’s execution date as May 21, 2014. At that time, Bucklew was a plaintiff in…
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