COOEY v. STRICKLAND

No. 08-4252.

544 F.3d 588 (2008)

Richard COOEY, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ted STRICKLAND, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Kelly L. Schneider, Gregory William Meyers, Kimberly S. Rigby, Ohio Public Defender's Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Matthew A. Kanai, Charles L. Wille, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

SUHRHEINRICH, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SILER, J., joined. GILMAN, J. (p. ___), delivered a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

The state of Ohio has scheduled the execution of Richard Cooey for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. On August 1, 2008, Cooey filed a § 1983 action in the district court, challenging Ohio's lethal-injection protocol. On September 30, 2008, the district court, Frost, J., issued an order granting the State's motion to dismiss Cooey's § 1983 action as time barred under this Court's decision in Cooey...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases