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83 F. App'x 592

Hines v. Johnson

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided December 9, 2003

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2003-12-09

Cited by 1 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2004

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Gomez v. United States District Court for Northern District of California a-767 · Martinez · Pierce v. City of Philadelphia

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Decided 2003-12-09

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PER CURIAM: *

¶1 Plaintiffs-Appellants, all death row inmates facing imminent execution, appeal from the district court’s denial of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action seeking a permanent injunction to bar the use of lethal injection as currently constituted. Our review of their filings and the order of the district court denying their claims convinces us that the district court ruled correctly.

¶2 This matter poses both procedural and substantive questions. We are keenly aware that the Supreme Court has under consideration the procedural question whether § 1983 is available as a vehicle for *593 mounting attacks such as this; but until a different rule is announced, we continue to follow the procedure described by the district court. See, e.g., Gomez v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 503 U.S. 653, 112 S.Ct. 1652, 118 L.Ed.2d 293 (1992); Martinez v. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 292 F.3d 417 (5th Cir.2002), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1091, 122 S.Ct. 1992, 152 L.Ed.2d 1046 (2002). Substantively, Plaintiffs-Appellants have submitted evidence that appears to be facially stronger than that which has supported prior complaints of this nature; but we are not in a posture to deal further with it under our present precedent.

¶3 For essentially the same reasons as expressed by the district court in its Order of December 8, 2003, we affirm that ruling and dismiss the Plaintiffs-Appellants’ appeal.

¶4 DISMISSED.

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¶5 Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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