Legal Opinion
Richard Wade Cooey, II v. Ted Strickland, Governor Terry J. Collins, Director E.C. Voorhies, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 2, 2007No. 05-4057PublishedCited by 224 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILMAN, J. (pp. 424-31), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
Richard Cooey, an Ohio inmate under sentence of death, filed this action against Ted Strickland, Governor, Terry J. Collins, Director, and E.C. Yoorhies, Warden (collectively “Defendants” or “State”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of Ohio’s lethal injection protocol. The issues before us in this interlocutory appeal are (1) whether a death row inmate’s claim against lethal injection itself — as opposed to a precursor procedure — is properly considered to be a…
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