Legal Opinion
Jones v. Allen
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided April 17, 2007No. Civil Action 2:06cv986-MHTPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Aaron Lee Jones is scheduled to be executed by the State of Alabama on May 3, 2007. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Jones has filed this civil action claiming that the method and procedure the State intends to use to execute him pose an unjustifiable risk of causing him extreme pain in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. He names the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections and the Warden of Holman Prison as defendants. Jurisdiction is proper under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. There are currently…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wallace v. KatoSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
- McNair v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- Walker v. EppsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Aaron Lee Jones v. Richard AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- Lambert v. BussCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Walker v. EppsDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2008
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