In re: Ohio Execution Protocol Litig.

Filing

OPINION and JUDGMENT filed : The district court s grant of a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendants from executing Gary Otte, Ronald Phillips, and Raymond Tibbetts using the three-drug midazolam protocol embodied in the October 7, 2016 Ohio execution protocol or any other lethal injection method that employs either a paralytic agent or potassium chloride is AFFIRMED. Decision for publication. Karen Nelson Moore (AUTHORING), Raymond M. Kethledge (DISSENTING), and Jane Branstetter Stranch (CONCURRING), Circuit Judges.

Case: 17-3076

Document: 51-1

Filed: 04/06/2017

Page: 1

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
Deborah S. Hunt
Clerk

100 EAST FIFTH STREET, ROOM 540
POTTER STEWART U.S. COURTHOUSE
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3988

Filed: April 06, 2017
Mr. Joshua Eugene Anderson
Ms. Alycia A. Degen
Mr. Mark E. Haddad
Mr. Adam P Micale
Ms. Katherine A. Roberts
Mr. Collin Partington Wedel
Sidley Austin
555 W. Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Ms. Erin Gallagher Barnhart
Mr. Allen L. Bohnert
Ms. Nadia Wood
Federal Public Defender's Office
10 W. Broad Street, Suite 1020
Columbus, OH 43215
Mr. James Armand King
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
41 S. High Street, Suite 3100
Columbus, OH 43215
Ms. Lisa Marie Lagos
Mr. Adam Michael Rusnak
Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Ohio
Capital Habeas Unit, 10 W. Broad Street, Room 1020
Columbus, OH 43215
Ms. Jocelyn Kelly Lowe
Mr. Thomas E. Madden
Ms. Katherine Elizabeth Mullin
Mr. Eric E. Murphy
Mr. Peter T. Reed
Mr. Charles L. Wille
Ms. Hannah Carrigg Wilson
Office of the Attorney General of Ohio
150 E. Gay Street, 16th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Tel. [phone]
www.ca6.uscourts.gov

Case: 17-3076

Document: 51-1

Filed: 04/06/2017

Page: 2

Mr. Timothy F. Sweeney
820 W. Superior Avenue, Suite 430
Cleveland, OH 44113
Ms. Vicki Ruth Adams Werneke
Federal Public Defender's Office
1660 W. Second Street
Suite 750
Cleveland, OH 44113
Re: Case No. 17-3076, In re: Ohio Execution Protocol Litig.
Originating Case No. : 2:11-cv-01016
Dear Counsel,
The court today announced its decision in the above-styled case.
Enclosed is a copy of the court's opinion together with the judgment which has been entered
in conformity with Rule 36, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Yours very truly,
Deborah S. Hunt, Clerk

Cathryn Lovely
Deputy Clerk
cc: Mr. Richard W. Nagel
Enclosures
Mandate to issue.