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RINGO v. LOMBARDI

No. 11-2839.

677 F.3d 793 (2012)

Earl RINGO, Jr.; Russell Bucklew; Leon Taylor; John E. Winfield; Roderick Nunley; John C. Middleton; Jeffrey R. Ferguson; Allen L. Nicklasson; Joseph Franklin; Mark Christeson; William L. Rousan; David Barnett; Cecil Clayton; Michael Anthony Taylor; Herbert Smulls; David Zink, Appellants, v. George A. LOMBARDI; Terry Russell; John Doe, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Luby , Death Penalty Litigation Clinic, Kansas City, MO, for appellant John Winfield.

David M. Barron , Frankfort, KY, for appellants Earl Ringo, Jr., Russell E. Bucklew, John Charles Middleton, and Winfield.

John William Simon , Constitutional Advocacy, L.L.C., St. Louis, MO, for appellants Bucklew, Middleton, Ringo, and Michael Anthony Taylor.

Charyl Ann Pilate , Rebecca L. Kurz , Morgan Pilate LLC, Olathe, KS, for appellants Bucklew, Middleton, Ringo, and Herbert Smulls.

Jennifer Herndon , Florissant, MO, for appellants Roderick Nunley, Jeffery Ferguson, Allen Nicklasson, and Joseph Franklin.

Michael J. Gorla , St. Louis, MO, for appellant Ferguson.

Eric W. Butts , St. Louis, MO, for appellants Mark Christeson and William Rousan.

Elizabeth Unger Carlyle , Kansas City, MO, for appellants David Barnett, Cecil Clayton, and David Link.

Michael J. Spillane , Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO (Chris Koster, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellees.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, SMITH and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

RILEY, Chief Judge.

Appellants are Missouri state prisoners convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. George A. Lombardi is the Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) and is ultimately responsible for executions in Missouri. Lombardi oversees and supervises the execution process, and has authority to change the type and dosage of drugs used in Missouri's lethal-injection protocol. Terry Russell is the Warden of the Eastern Regional...

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