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TAYLOR v. CRAWFORD

No. 06-1397.

445 F.3d 1095 (2006)

Michael Anthony TAYLOR, Appellant, v. Larry CRAWFORD, Director, MO Dept. of Corrections; James D. Purkett, Superintendent, Eastern Reception Diagnostic & Correctional Center, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., argued, Washington DC, for appellant.

James R. Layton, argued, Missouri Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for appellee.

Before RILEY, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Michael Anthony Taylor appeals the district court's judgment denying his claim, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that the State of Missouri's current lethal injection protocol violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. We remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion but retain appellate jurisdiction.

I.

Michael Taylor was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to first degree murder...

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