In Re: Ohio Execution Protocol Litigation

Filing 1250

REPORT OF IN CAMERA INSPECTION- This § 1983 capital case is before the Court for in camera review of the photographs submitted by Defendants of the execution materials from the September 13, 2017, execution of Gary Otte.Having done so, the Court confirms that (1) none of the drugs used in the Otte execution had passed their expiration date as of September 13, 2017; (2) the photographs fully capture and legibly depict the information contained on the unaltered vials; and (3) the Court has received photographs of the boxes the Defendants destroyed. Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz on 9/22/17. (kma)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION AT COLUMBUS
In re: OHIO EXECUTION
PROTOCOL LITIGATION,

Case No. 2:11-cv-1016

Chief Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz
This Order relates to All Plaintiffs

REPORT OF IN CAMERA INSPECTION

This § 1983 capital case is before the Court for in camera review of the photographs
submitted by Defendants of the execution materials from the September 13, 2017, execution of
Gary Otte.
Having done so, the Court confirms that (1) none of the drugs used in the Otte execution
had passed their expiration date as of September 13, 2017; (2) the photographs fully capture and
legibly depict the information contained on the unaltered vials; and (3) the Court has received
photographs of the boxes the Defendants destroyed.

September 22, 2017.
s/ Michael R. Merz
United States Magistrate Judge

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