MATTER OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS' EXECUTION

Case No. 19-mc-145 (TSC).

485 F.Supp.3d 233 (2020)

In the MATTER OF the FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS' EXECUTION PROTOCOL CASES, Lead Case: Roane, et al. v. Barr. This Document Relates to: All Cases.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed August 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Christopher Toll , King & Spalding, LLP, Paul F. Enzinna , Ellerman Enzinna PLLC, Washington, DC, for James H. Roane, Jr.

Brandon David Almond , Troutman Sanders LLP, Charles Anthony Zdebski , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC Telecommunications Law, Joshua Christopher Toll , King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, Gerald Wesley King, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Richard Tipton.

Charles Frederick Walker , Donald P. Salzman , Steven M. Albertson , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Charles Anthony Zdebski , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC Telecommunications Law, Joshua Christopher Toll , King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, Alex Drylewski , Pro Hac Vice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Cory Johnson.

Celeste Bacchi , Craig Anthony Harbaugh , Jonathan Charles Aminoff , Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for Julius Robinson.

David S. Victorson , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Danielle Desaulniers Stempel , Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, Elizabeth Hagerty , U.S. Attorney's Office, Denver, CO, John D. Beck , Pro Hac Vice, Pieter Van Tol , Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY, for Daniel Lewis Lee.

Andres C. Salinas , Arin Hillary Smith , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Alan E. Schoenfeld , Pro Hac Vice, Ryan M. Chabot , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, New York, NY, for Wesley Ira Purkey.

Scott Wilson Braden , Federal Public Defender Eastern District of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, Andrew Moshos, Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey Lyons , Pro Hac Vice, Jennifer Ying , Pro Hac Vice, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Stephen J. Kraftschik , Pro Hac Vice, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE, for Norris G. Holder, Jr.

Dale Andrew Baich , Jennifer M. Moreno , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, Brian J. O'Sullivan , Michael Robles , Pro Hac Vice, Harry P. Cohen , Pro Hac Vice, James K. Stronski , Pro Hac Vice, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY, Kathryn Louise Clune , Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, for Keith Nelson.

Ginger Dawn Anders , Brendan B. Gants , Jonathan S. Meltzer , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC, for Brandon Bernard.

Michael F. Williams , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Susan M. Otto , Federal Public Defender Organization, Oklahoma City, OK, for Christopher Andre Vialva.

Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Jean Lin , Jonathan D. Kossak , Paul R. Perkins , Ethan Price Davis , Denise M. Clark , Johnny Hillary Walker, III , Alan Burch , Peter S. Smith , United States Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Karen Tandy.

Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Jean Lin , Jonathan D. Kossak , Paul R. Perkins , Ethan Price Davis , Denise M. Clark , Johnny Hillary Walker, III , Alan Burch , U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia$$, Washington, DC, for Harley G. Lappin, John Does, Thomas Webster, Michael B. Mukasey, Alan R. Doerhoff, Michele Leonhart, Charles E. Samuels, Jr., John F. Caraway, United States Department of Justice, Paul Laird, Kerry J. Forestal, Charles L. Lockett.

Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Jean Lin , Jonathan D. Kossak , Paul R. Perkins , Robert J. Erickson , Ethan Price Davis , U.S. Department of Justice, Denise M. Clark , Johnny Hilary Walker, III , Alan Burch , Peter S. Smith , United States Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Newton E. Kendig, II, Mark Bezy.

Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Jean Lin , Jonathan D. Kossak , Paul R. Perkins , Ethan Price Davis , Denise M. Clark , Johnny Hillary Walker, III , Alan Burch , U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Paul F. Enzinna , Ellerman Enzinna PLLC, Washington, DC, for Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Amy Gershenfeld Donnella , Billy H. Nolas , Joseph William Luby , Shawn Nolan , Federal Community Defender Office, Philadelphia, PA, Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Jean Lin , Jonathan D. Kossak , Paul R. Perkins , Ethan Price Davis , Alan Burch , U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Chadr Ick Evan Fulks.

Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Paul R. Perkins , Scott A.C. Meisler , U.S. Department of Justice, Johnny Hillary Walker, III , Alan Burch , U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for William P. Barr, Jeffrey E. Krueger, Radm Chris A. Bina, T. J. Watson.

Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Paul R. Perkins , U.S. Department of Justice, Johnny Hillary Walker, III , Alan Burch , U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Joseph McClain.

Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Johnny Hillary Walker, III , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Uttam Dhillon.

Bradley P. Humphreys , Cristen Cori Handley , Johnny Hillary Walker, III , Alan Burch , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Nicole English.

Jean Lin , Johnny Hillary Walker, III , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S. Department of Justice.

Gregory Stuart Smith , Law Offices of Gregory S. Smith, Washington, DC, for William Emmett LeCroy.

Joshua Christopher Toll , Abigail Bortnick , King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, Margaret O'Donnell , Frankfort, KY, William E. Hoffmann, Jr. , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Anthony Battle.

Amy J. Lentz , Mark Joseph Hulkower , Matthew John Herrington , Robert A. Ayers , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Joshua Christopher Toll , King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, for Orlando Hall.

Amelia J. Schmidt , Jonathan Jeffress , Kaiser Dillon, PLLC, Washington, DC, Shawn Nolan , Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of Penn, Philadelphia, PA, for Dustin Lee Honken.

Denise M. Clark , U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Richard Veach.

Gary E. Proctor , Law Offices of Gary E. Proctor, LLC, Baltimore, MD, Shawn Nolan , Federal Community Defender Office, Philadelphia, PA, Robert L. McGlasson , Pro Hac Vice, McGlasson & Associates, PC, Decatur, GA, Sean D. O'Brien , Pro Hac Vice, Public Interest Litigation Clinic, Kansas City, MO, for Jeffrey Paul.

Shawn Nolan , Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of Penn, Philadelphia, PA, for Dustin Higgs.

Evan D. Miller , William E. Lawler, III , Yousri H. Omar , Kathryn B. Codd , Jeanne Vosberg Sourgens , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Joshua Christopher Toll , Robert E. Waters , King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, Eric Hernandez , Greenberg Traurig , P.A., Miami, FL, for Bruce Webster.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff Keith Nelson was sentenced to death on March 11, 2002. The government plans to carry out his execution on August 28, 2020 in accordance with the procedures set forth in the 2019 Bureau of Prisons Execution Protocol (hereinafter "the Protocol...

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