ROBINSON v. SHANAHAN

No. COA13-504.

755 S.E.2d 398 (2014)

Marcus ROBINSON, James Edward Thomas, Archie Lee Billings, and James A. Campbell, Plaintiffs, v. Kieran A. SHANAHAN, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Kenneth E. Lassiter, Warden of Central Prison, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh, by Robert F. Orr , and Copeley Johnson & Groninger PLLC, Charlotte, by David Weiss , for plaintiffs-appellants.

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Special Deputy Attorney General Joseph Finarelli and Assistant Attorney General Jodi Harrison , for defendants-appellees.


HUNTER, ROBERT C, Judge.

Marcus Robinson, James Edward Thomas, Archie Lee Billings, and James A. Campbell (collectively "plaintiffs") appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants on plaintiffs' challenge to North Carolina's previously used three-drug protocol for the administration of lethal injections ("the 2007 Protocol"). During the pendency of this appeal, the 2007 Protocol was replaced by the "Execution Procedure Manual for Single Drug...

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