TROTTIE v. LIVINGSTON

No. 14-70028.

766 F.3d 450 (2014)

Willie Tyron TROTTIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Brad LIVINGSTON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurie Levin , Philadelphia, PA, Jonathan Jeffrey Ross, Esq. , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Fredericka Searle Sargent , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Postconviction Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Willie Tyrone Trottie is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Trottie filed a § 1983 law suit alleging violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments based on the method of his execution. The district court denied Trottie's motion for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order. We AFFIRM.

I.

Trottie was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of Barbara and Titus Canada while...

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