In re: Ohio Execution Protocol Litig.

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OPINION and JUDGMENT filed : The district court's January 26, 2017 preliminary injunction is VACATED. Decision for publication. R. Guy Cole , Jr., Chief Judge; Alice M. Batchelder, Karen Nelson Moore (DISSENTING), Eric L. Clay, Julia Smith Gibbons, John M. Rogers, Jeffrey S. Sutton, David W. McKeague, Richard Allen Griffin, Raymond M. Kethledge, Helene N. White, Jane Branstetter Stranch (CONCURRING IN THE DISSENT), Bernice Bouie Donald, and Amul R. Thapar, Circuit Judges.

Case: 17-3076

Document: 69-3

Filed: 06/28/2017

Page: 1

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-3076
IN RE: OHIO EXECUTION PROTOCOL.
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FILED
Jun 28, 2017
DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk

ANGELO FEARS, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
GARY OTTE; RONALD PHILLIPS;
RAYMOND TIBBETTS,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
v.
DONALD MORGAN, et al.,
Defendants - Appellants.

Before: COLE, Chief Judge; BATCHELDER, MOORE, CLAY, GIBBONS,
ROGERS, SUTTON, McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE,
WHITE, STRANCH, DONALD, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.

JUDGMENT
On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Winchester.
UPON CONSIDERATION of the petition for rehearing en banc and the supplemental briefs and
arguments of counsel,
IT IS ORDERED that the district court’s January 26, 2017 preliminary injunction is VACATED.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

Deborah S. Hunt, Clerk