Saesee v. McDonald

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that evidence insufficient to show “that a 500-milligram dose of midazolam is very likely to leave an inmate conscious enough to feel serious pain”
• noting that “experts . . . agree[] that midazolam is sometimes used alone for intubation”
• rejecting argument that “because other states have been reported to have obtained compounded pentobarbital for use in executions,” a barbiturate-only protocol was a feasible alternative
• specifically upholding three-drug protocol using a 500 mg dose of midazolam as the first drug
• describing plaintiff’s burden as a “rigorous showing”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).