LEDFORD v. COMMISSIONER, GA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 17-12167 Non-Argument Calendar.

856 F.3d 1312 (2017)

J.W. LEDFORD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Warden, Other Unknown Employees and Agents, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: May 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Wesley King, Jr. , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Mary Elizabeth Wells , Law Office of M.E. Wells, ATLANTA, GA, John D. Cline , Law Office of John D. Cline, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Beth Attaway Burton , Sabrina Graham , Attorney General's Office, ATLANTA, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, HULL and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.


Under a sentence of death, J.W. Ledford, Jr. has his execution scheduled for Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, a mere five days before his execution, Ledford challenged Georgia's method of his execution by filing a civil complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Since 2013, Georgia's execution protocol...

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