Legal Opinion
Walker v. Epps
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 24, 2008No. 08-60652PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs are inmates who have been sentenced to death. At this point they are not challenging that the State can take their lives; they are challenging the method of execution. They contend that Mississippi’s lethal injection protocol is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. The district court found that the applicable statute of limitations barred the plaintiffs’ § 1983 action and granted summary judgment to the defendants. We reject the plaintiffs’ argument that the equitable doctrine of laches applies. Because the statute of limitations applies,…
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