Emmett v. Johnson

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 2008-07-16

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Affirmed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge SHEDD joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a dissenting opinion. OPINION TRAXLER, Circuit Judge: Christopher Scott Emmett brought this action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 2003), asserting that the Commonwealth of Virginia’s method for lethal injection violates his righ…

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