IN RE OHIO EXECUTION PROTOCOL

No. 17-3076.

853 F.3d 822 (2017)

IN RE: OHIO EXECUTION PROTOCOL. Angelo Fears, et al., Plaintiffs, Gary Otte; Ronald Phillips; Raymond Tibbetts, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald Morgan, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Eric E. Murphy , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Erin G. Barnhart, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Eric E. Murphy , Peter T. Reed , Hannah C. Wilson , Thomas E. Madden , Jocelyn K. Lowe , Katherine E. Mullin , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Erin G. Barnhart , Allen L. Bohnert , Adam M. Rusnak , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, Columbus, Ohio, James A. King , PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Vicki Werneke , FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Cleveland, Ohio, Timothy F. Sweeney , LAW OFFICE OF TIMOTHY FARRELL SWEENEY, Cleveland, Ohio, Lisa M. Lagos , OFFICE OF THE OHIO PUBLIC DEFENDER, Columbus, Ohio, Mark E. Haddad , Joshua E. Anderson , Alycia A. Degen , Katherine A. Roberts , Collin P. Wedel , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees.

KETHLEDGE, J. (pp. 847-55), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

Ohio's current execution protocol allows for execution by lethal injection using a three-drug combination of (1) midazolam; (2) either vecuronium bromide, pancuronium bromide, or rocuronium bromide, which are paralytics; and (3) potassium chloride, which stops the heart. R. 667-1 (Ohio DRC Execution...

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