Cooey v. Strickland, No. 09-4474

District court's denial of defendant's request for a stay of execution by lethal injection challenging Ohio's new protocol where the state eliminated the use of a three-drug protocol and implemented a one-drug protocol is affirmed as the defendant is unable to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits on his Eighth Amendment claim by demonstrating that, facially or as applied to him, Ohio's new protocol demonstrates risk of severe pain that is substantial when compared to the known and available alternatives. 

Read Cooey v. Strickland, No. 09-4474

Appellate Information

Argued: December 7, 2009

Decided and Filed: December 7, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Circuit Judge  Gibbons

Counsel

For Appellant:  N/A

For Appellee: N/A