JONES v. COMMISSIONER, GA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 16-10277.

811 F.3d 1288 (2016)

Brandon Astor JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, Other Unknown Employees and Agents, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Wesley King, Jr. , Susan Jill Benton , Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Joshua T. Buchman , Rory K. Little , McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

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

Before MARCUS, WILSON and WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


In this capital case, Brandon Astor Jones appeals from the district court's recent order dismissing his civil rights complaint challenging Georgia's method of execution as violating the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Jones's execution is currently scheduled for February 2, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Just...

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