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ROSS EX REL. SMYTH v. LANTZ

No. 05-CV-116 (RNC).

392 F.Supp.2d 236 (2005)

Michael B. ROSS, by his next friend, Gerard A. SMYTH, in his official capacity as Chief Public Defender, Office of the Chief Public Defender, State of Connecticut, Petitioner, v. Theresa C. LANTZ, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

January 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert J. Santos, Santos & Seeley, Patrick J. Culligan, State of Connecticut Office of the Chief Public Defender, Hartford, CT, US Court of Appeals, Office of the Clerk US Courthouse, New York, NY, for Petitioners.

Harry David Weller, Michael E. O'Hare, Chief State Attorney Office, Jo Anne Sulik, Chief State Attorney Office, Civil Litigation Bureau, Rocky Hill, CT, Kevin T. Kane, State of Connecticut Office of the State's Attorney, New London, CT, for Respondents.

RULING AND ORDER

CHATIGNY, District Judge.

The Office of the Chief Public Defender for the State of Connecticut ("the Office") brings this action for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of its long-time client, Michael B. Ross, who has "volunteered" to be executed in two days after nearly twenty years' imprisonment in solitary confinement on death row. Ross has stated emphatically that he would rather be executed than continue to try to get his death...

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