NELSON v. CAMPBELL

No. 03-15095.

347 F.3d 910 (2003)

David Larry NELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donal CAMPBELL, in his individual and official capacity as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, Grantt Culliver, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harriet Victoria Smith, Michael K. McIntyre, Law Office of Michael McIntyre, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

J. Clayton Crenshaw, Michael Boysie Billingsley, Alabama Atty. Gen., Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

David Larry Nelson is an Alabama inmate convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. On October 6, 2003, three days prior to his scheduled execution, Nelson filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in the Middle District of Alabama. In his complaint, Nelson asserts that he has severely compromised veins and that Alabama's proposed use of a "cut-down" procedure to gain venous access (if access to a suitable vein cannot be achieved) as part...

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