Johnson v. Precythe

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593 U. S. ____

(2021) 1 BREYER, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ERNEST JOHNSON v. ANNE L. PRECYTHE, ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT No. 20–287. Decided May 24, 2021 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE BREYER, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. I join JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR’s dissent. The Eighth Circuit concluded that petitioner Ernest Johnson plausibly claims that because of a brain tumor operation, the State’s ordi- nary execution method, lethal injection of pentobarbital,…