In re: FBOP Execution Protocol Cases

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that plaintiffs in this litigation have met the pleading standard for an Eighth Amendment claim
• finding that a substantially similar claim stated a plausible Eighth Amendment method of execution claim
• pre- liminary injunction inquiry is a “decidedly far more searching inquiry” than motion to dismiss
• first quoting Monsanto, 561 U.S. at 156–57; and then quoting Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008)
• preliminary injunction inquiry is a “decidedly far more searching inquiry” than motion to dismiss
• noting the existence of “a governmental agreement to comply”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• John Doe v. University of Southern Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 2022-08-08· cited 176×
• In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Execution Protocol Cases
  District of Columbia· 2020-12-09
• In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Execution Protocol Cases
  District of Columbia· 2020-12-30
• In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Execution Protocol Cases
  District of Columbia· 2021-01-12
• N.S. v. Hughes
  District of Columbia· 2021-10-07
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Bryan Collier, Bobby Lumpkin, and Kelly Strong v. Anibal Canales and Ivan Cantu
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2024-07-12
• Plastics Industry Association, Inc. v. Bonta
  District of Columbia· 2025-04-07
• Nyzier Fourqurean v. NCAA
  Seventh Circuit· 2025-07-25
• Aragon v. Rollins
  District of Columbia· 2026-06-22

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2008-11-12· cited 11,986×
• Warth v. Seldin
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 10,875×
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co.
  Supreme Court· 1953-05-25· cited 2,512×
• Heckler v. Chaney
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-20· cited 2,484×
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2000-03-28· cited 1,963×
• Ebay Inc. v. Mercexchange, L. L. C.
  Supreme Court· 2006-05-15· cited 1,413×
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-18· cited 1,386×
• Baze v. Rees
  Supreme Court· 2008-04-16· cited 1,040×
• Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee
  Supreme Court· 2001-02-21· cited 956×
• Block v. Community Nutrition Institute
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-04· cited 935×
• Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms
  Supreme Court· 2010-06-21· cited 922×
• Glossip v. Gross
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-29· cited 858×
• Webster v. Fall
  Supreme Court· 1925-01-05· cited 673×
• Gonzales v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 2006-01-17· cited 632×
• Lashawn A. v. Marion S. Barry, Jr.
  D.C. Circuit· 1996-07-09· cited 452×
• Bucklew v. Precythe
  Supreme Court· 2019-04-01· cited 407×
• Banneker Ventures, LLC v. Jim Graham
  D.C. Circuit· 2015-08-18· cited 400×
• United States v. Rutherford
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 398×