Legal Opinion
Arthur v. Thomas
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided September 30, 2013No. Case No. 2:11-cv-0438-MEFPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MARK E. FULLER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Thomas D. Arthur (“Plaintiff’ or “Arthur”), an inmate under sentence of death, brings this lawsuit alleging that Defendants will violate his constitutional rights to equal protection and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by executing him pursuant to Alabama’s current lethal injection protocol.1 Plaintiff also alleges a state law claim that Alabama’s lethal injection statute, Ala.Code § 15-18-82, unlawfully delegates the legislature’s authority to devise Alabama’s lethal injection protocol to the Alabama Department…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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