Legal Opinion
Thomas Whitaker v. Bryan Collier
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2017No. 16-20364PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Whitaker and Perry Williams sued state officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge their method of execution under the First, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Because the plaintiffs have not stated a claim on which relief can be granted, we affirm the dismissal of their complaint.
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Whitaker and Williams were convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. Whitaker’s conviction and sentence were affirmed in 2009,1 Williams’s in 2008.2 They filed their original complaint in October 2013.3 The district court dismissed because their date of…
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