Bucklew v. Precythe

When an inmate raises an as-applied constitutional challenge to a particular method of execution-that is, a challenge to a method of execution that is constitutional in general but that the inmate says is very likely to cause him severe pain-one question is whether the inmate must identify an available alternative method of execution that would significantly reduce the risk of severe pain. Applying our recent decisions in Glossip v. Gross , 576 U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2726, 192 L.Ed.2d 761 (2015), and Baze v. Rees , 553 U.S. 35, 128 S.Ct. 1520, 170 L.Ed.2d 420 (2008) (plurality *1136opinion), the…