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Case Name	Jones v. Allen	CJ-AL-0001
Docket / Court	2:06cv986 ( M.D. Ala. )
State/Territory	Alabama
Case Type(s)	Criminal Justice (Other)
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Death Penalty

Lethal Injection - General

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Alabama Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	A condemned Alabama prisoner who seeks to prevent the defendants from using Alabama's current lethal injection procedures to execute him.
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None
Filing Year	2006
Case Closing Year	2007
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

Docket(s)

2:06-cv-00986-MHT-TFM (M.D. Ala.)
CJ-AL-0001-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 06/05/2007
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] CJ-AL-0001-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/01/2006 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Answer [ECF# 9] CJ-AL-0001-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/04/2006 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings [ECF# 24] CJ-AL-0001-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/13/2007 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion [ECF# 86] (483 F.Supp.2d 1142) (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0001-0001.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 04/17/2007 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion (485 F.3d 635) CJ-AL-0001-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 04/27/2007

People


Judges	Dubina, Joel Fredrick (M.D. Ala., Eleventh Circuit) CJ-AL-0001-0002 Thompson, Myron Herbert (N.D. Ala., M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0001-0001 \| CJ-AL-0001-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Cohen, Stephanie L. (New York) CJ-AL-0001-0003 \| CJ-AL-0001-9000
	Fitzpatrick , Vincent R. Jr. (New York) CJ-AL-0001-0003 \| CJ-AL-0001-9000
	McDevitt, Heather (New York) CJ-AL-0001-0003 \| CJ-AL-0001-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Crenshaw , James Clayton (Alabama) CJ-AL-0001-0004 \| CJ-AL-0001-0005 \| CJ-AL-0001-9000
	Davis, James William (Alabama) CJ-AL-0001-0004 \| CJ-AL-0001-9000
	Houts , James Roy (Alabama) CJ-AL-0001-9000