Legal Opinion
Philip Workman v. Governor Phil Bredesen
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2007No. 07-5562Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
486 F.3d 896
Philip WORKMAN, Petitioner-Appellee,
v.
Governor Phil BREDESEN, et al., Respondents-Appellants.
No. 07-5562.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Decided and Filed: May 7, 2007.
Before: SILER, COLE, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.
2Opinion of the Court · SuttonSutton, J., joined by Siler, J.,
COLE, J. (pp. 921-931), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
1
Philip Ray Workman is scheduled to be executed by the State of Tennessee on May 9, 2007, at 1:00 a.m., for the murder of Lieutenant Ronald Oliver. On May 4, 2007, Workman filed a motion for a temporary restraining order in federal district court, claiming that…
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