Legal Opinion
Marcus A. Wellons v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 17, 2014No. 14-12663-PPublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Marcus A. Wellons has appealed today from the district court’s denial of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action seeking a temporary restraining order, a stay of his execution, a preliminary injunction, and a request for declaratory judgment. He is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection today at 7:00 p.m. Upon thorough consideration of the parties’ arguments and prevailing law, we find that Wellons has not established a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of his Eighth Amendment or other constitutional claims.
I. BACKGROUND
Wellons was convicted of the malice murder and rape of…
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