Legal Opinion
Joseph Wood, III v. Charles Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 19, 2014No. 14-16310PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Wood (“Wood”) is scheduled to die by lethal injection on July 23, 2014. Wood seeks information from the Arizona Department of Corrections (“Department”) regarding the method of his execution, which the Department has not provided. Wood argues that, by withholding this information, the Department has violated his First Amendment rights. He seeks a *1078preliminary injunction delaying his execution until he receives the information. The district court denied Wood’s motion. Although we do not reach the ultimate merits of the case, we conclude that Wood has…
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