RUSSELL v. JOHNSON

No. 1:02CV261-D-D.

210 F.Supp.2d 804 (2002)

Willie RUSSELL; Sherwood Brown; Kelvin Jordan; John Nixon; Paul Woodward; and Tracy Hansen; on their own behalf and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Robert L. JOHNSON, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections; et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Eastern Division.

July 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Farrell, ACLU of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Stephen P. Hanlon, Holland & Knight, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Robert B. McDuff, Jackson, MS, Margaret Winter, Amer. Civ. Liberties Union, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Marvin L. White, Jr., Mississippi Atty. General's Office, Jackson, MS, for defendants.


OPINION DENYING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION TO STOP EXECUTION

DAVIDSON, Chief Judge.

Presently before the court is the Plaintiffs' motion for temporary restraining order and for preliminary injunction to postpone the State of Mississippi's planned execution of the Plaintiff Tracy Hansen on July 17, 2002. Upon due consideration, the court finds that the motion should...

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