Fifth Circuit· 2/10/2016

Jordan v. Fisher

Citations

823 F.3d 805
2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 11734
2016 WL 3512637

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stating: “The guarantee of due process enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment has two components—(1) a guarantee of procedural protections when a state seeks to deprive an individual of protected liberty or property interests, and (2
due process clause “provides substantive … protections … when ‘the behavior of the governmental officer … may fairly be said to shock the contemporary conscience.’”
“Plaintiffs’ claims seeking enforcement of [a state statute] may only proceed in federal court if a provision of federal law or the United States Constitution creates a right to the enforcement of [the statute].”
“The three-drug protocol and the particular drugs Mississippi proposes to use (midazolam, a paralytic, and potassium chloride) are typical for those states that use lethal injection and were recently upheld in the face of a constitutional challenge.”
discussing Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause

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Judges: Elrod, Higginbotham, Owen

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