In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Execution Protocol Cases

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) In the Matter of the ) Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Execution ) Protocol Cases, ) ) LEAD CASE: Roane, et al. v. Barr ) Case No. 19-mc-145 (TSC) ) THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: ) ) Lee v. Barr, et al., 19-cv-2559 ) ) Purkey v. Barr, et al., 19-cv-3214 ) ) Nelson v. Barr, et al., 20-cv-557 ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION In Callins v. Collins, Justice Blackmun, writing in dissent, declared that he would “no longer . . . tinker with the machinery of death.” 510 U.S. 1141, 1145 (1994). More than twenty- five years later, this court is tasked with doing…