Legal Opinion
Ledford v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 15, 2017No. 17-12167 Non-Argument CalendarPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Under a sentence of death, J.W. Led-ford, Jr. has his execution scheduled for Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, a mere five days before his execution, Ledford challenged Georgia’s method of his execution by filing a civil complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Since 2013, Georgia’s execution protocol has provided for lethal injection by the administration of a single drug: five grams (5,000 milligrams) of compounded pento-barbital.
After briefing, the district court denied Ledford’s motion for a temporary restraining order and dismissed Ledford’s §…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Hill v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
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3Cited by8 opinions
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