Legal Opinion

In re Ohio Execution Protocol Litigation

District Court, S.D. Ohio

Decided January 26, 2017No. Case No. 2:11-cv-1016PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Michael R. Merz, United States Magistrate Judge

DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

This consolidated case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is brought by Ohio inmates under a sentence of death and seeks relief from a number of asserted constitutional deficiencies in Ohio’s new lethal injection protocol adopted October 7,2016.

The above-named inmates and the State of Ohio unanimously consented to plenary magistrate judge jurisdiction over their cases (ECF No. 732) and Chief Judge Sargus referred these three cases on that basis (ECF No.…

2Cases cited56 opinions

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3Cited by85 opinions

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