JONES v. McANDREW

No. 4:97CV103-RH.

996 F.Supp. 1439 (1998)

Leo Alexander JONES, Roy Clifton Swafford, Milford Wade Byrd, and Raleigh Porter, Plaintiffs, v. Ronald McANDREW, Harry K. Singletary, and Robert Butter-worth, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

February 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin James McClain, Miami, FL, for plaintiffs.

Richard B. Martell, Tallahassee, FL, Paul David Brannon, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for defendants.


ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HINKLE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, who are under sentence of death imposed by Florida state courts, assert that the protocols and procedures used by the state to conduct electrocutions impose a substantial risk of producing fires on or about their heads during the process, as has occurred in two recent executions. Defendants have moved for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, I grant the motion...

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