Legal Opinion
Angel Nieves Diaz v. Secretary, DOC
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 2006No. 06-16408PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Angel Nieves Diaz, a Florida prisoner under sentence of death, moves this Court for a stay of execution and appeals the denial by the district court of his request for a preliminary injunction. Diaz, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on December 13, 2006, filed pro se a complaint under section 1983 in the Middle District of Florida and alleged that the lethal injection protocol used by the Florida Department of Corrections will cause him unnecessary pain and subject him to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hill v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Klay v. United Healthgroup, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
- Diaz v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
- Diaz v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
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3Cited by11 opinions
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