Legal Opinion
Arthur v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 24, 2017No. 17-11879-P Non-Argument CalendarPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Under sentence of death, • Thomas Arthur’s execution is currently scheduled for May 25, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. CST. This is Arthur’s eighth scheduled execution1 and sixth 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case.2
A 2012 regulation of the Alabama Department of Corrections (“ADOC”) prohibits visitors having cell phones in Alabama prisons, and thus Arthur’s execution witnesses may not have cell phones within the execution viewing room. In this § 1983 case, Arthur claims that ADOC’s 2012 regulation, as applied to his May 25, 2017 execution and as applied to his designated friend-witness, violates his…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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