Henyard v. Secretary, DOC’s Empirical Analysis
543 F.3d 644 · 2008
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wilson v. Garcia · Sutton v. United States · Baze v. Rees · Nelson v. Campbell Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections et al. · Sanders v. United States
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“... As in other last-minute § 1983 challenges to lethal injection, laches bars Henyard’s motion for a stay of execution. See Williams, 496 F.3d at 1215 ; Grayson v. Allen, 491 F.3d 1318, 1322 (11th Cir.2007), cert. denied, 551 U.S. 1176 , 128 S.Ct. 6 , 168 L.Ed.2d 784 (2007); Jones v. Allen, 485 F.3d 635, 639-40 (11th Cir.2007), cert. denied, 550 U.S. 930 , 127 S.Ct. 2160 , 167 L.Ed.2d 887 (2007); Rutherford v. McDonough, 466 F.3d 970, 973-74 (11th Cir.2006), cert. denied, 549 U.S. 988 , 127 S.Ct. 465 , 166 L.Ed.2d 331 (2007); see also Hill v. McDonough, 547 U.S. 573, 584 , 126 S.Ct. 2096, 2104 , 165 L.Ed.2d 44 (2006) (“A court considering a stay must also apply ‘a strong equitable presumption against the grant of a stay where a claim could have been brought at such a time as to allow consideration of the merits without requiring entry of a stay.’ ”) (citation omitted); Nelson v. Campbell, 541 U.S. 637, 649-50 , 124 S.Ct. 2117, 2126 , 158 L.Ed.2d 924 (2004) (“[Bjefore granting a stay, a district court must consider not only the likelihood of success on the merits and the relative harms to the parties, but also the extent to which the inmate has delayed unnecessarily in bringing the claim.”).”
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