Legal Opinion
Va. Dep't of Corr. v. Jordan
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 11, 2019No. 17-7594PublishedCited by 175 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDSON, Circuit Judge:
Richard Jordan and Ricky Chase, both Mississippi death-row inmates, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging that state's lethal-injection procedures under the Eighth Amendment. As part of discovery in that lawsuit, they served a subpoena on the Virginia Department of Corrections ("VDOC") that sought documents and testimony about Virginia's execution practices. VDOC provided some documents to Jordan and Chase and then moved to quash the subpoena in district court. The district court granted VDOC's motion, finding that requiring VDOC to provide any further response to…
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