Legal Opinion
Terrick T. Nooner v. Larry Norris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 9, 2007No. 06-2748PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
The district court granted Don William Davis a preliminary injunction staying his execution to permit him to litigate the constitutionality of Arkansas’s lethal injection protocol in a suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In this interlocutory appeal, see 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1), the Appellants (collectively, “the State”) contend that the district court abused its discretion in granting the preliminary injunction. 1 We agree, and accordingly we reverse the judgment of the district court, dissolve the preliminary injunction it imposed, and vacate the stay of…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Nooner v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007