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USCA11 Case: 22-10064 Date Filed: 01/26/2022 Page: 1 of 29 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-10064 ____________________ MATTHEW REEVES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRE

WILSON, Circuit Judge, dissenting: Under the Majority’s decision, state law can dictate the scope of the Constitution’s protections. Thomas-Arthur raises a method-of-execution claim proposing the firing squad as an execution alternative, and the Majority finds that state law defeats this constitutional claim. By misreading an Alabama statute, .the Majority creat

Case: 12-14421 Date Filed: 08/01/2013 Page: 1 of 128 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 12-14421 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:10-cv-00587-WS-M JEFFERY LEE,

Case: 11-11535 Date Filed: 07/15/2014 Page: 1 of 117 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 11-11535 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:04-cv-02669-IPJ DERRICK ANTHONY DEBRUCE,

Case: 11-11535 Date Filed: 07/15/2014 Page: 1 of 117 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 11-11535 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:04-cv-02669-IPJ DERRICK ANTHONY DEBRUCE,

Rel: September 5, 2025 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0650), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is printed in Southern Reporter. SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA SPECIA

Notice: This opinion is subject to correction before publication in the PACIFIC REPORTER. Readers are requested to bring errors to the attention of the Clerk of the Appellate Courts, 303 K Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, phone (907) 264-0608, fax (907) 264-0878, email corrections@akcourts.gov. THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA RICHARD R. WATKINSON, ) ) Supreme Court No. S-17941

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ No. 22-2399 _____ ROY L. WILLIAMS, Appellant v. SECRETARY PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS _______________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District

RlORDAN, RJ. Defendants, various governmental entities and individuals including the Department of Corrections and the Governor, originally sought leave to appeal the trial court orders denying their motions for summary disposition in this action initiated by plaintiffs, who are male prisoners. In Docket No. 321013, defendants sought to appeal the trial court order denying their motion for summary

05/16/2018 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs March 1, 2018 FREDRICK SLEDGE v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, ET AL. Appeal from the Chancery Court for Nashville and Davidson County No. 16-1073-I Claudia C. Bonnyman, Chancellor

On April 3, 2006, Matthew Gerthoffer, an inmate at the Ventress Correctional Facility, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Montgomery Circuit Court ("the trial court") challenging the denial by the Alabama Department of Corrections ("the DOC") of his request to receive incentive good time ("IGT").1 On July 6, 2006, the DOC answered and moved to dismiss Gerthoffer's complaint on the basis that he was not entitled to earn

Rel: April 25, 2025 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0650), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is printed in Southern Reporter. SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA OCTOBER TERM,

Rel: January 5, 2024 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0650), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published in Southern Reporter. ALABAMA COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OCTOBER TER

Gail Munnerlyn, the plaintiff below, appeals from the order of the Montgomery Circuit Court dismissing her action against *Page 437 the State of Alabama Department of Corrections ("the DOC"); Michael Haley, the former commissioner of the DOC; Donal Campbell, the then current commissioner of the DOC; and Glen Newton, the former assistant commissioner of the DOC (hereinafter collectively "the defendants"). We affirm. Facts and Pr

Case: 14-14054 Date Filed: 02/03/2020 Page: 1 of 61 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 14-14054 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:11-cv-02094-EAK-TGW RAY LAMAR JOHNSTON,

Case: 16-10277 Date Filed: 02/02/2016 Page: 1 of 50 [Publish] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 16-10277 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:15-cv-04445-CAP BRANDON ASTOR JONES,

Rel: April 25, 2025 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0650), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is printed in Southern Reporter. SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA OCTOBER TERM,

239 P.3d 723 (2010) Wenona DIAZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Jennifer Christensen; James Bowers; McHenry Detective Agency; William Parlier; Probation Officer Brown; Probation Officer III McCarron; and Probation Officer L. Williamson, Appellees. No. S-13151. Supreme Court of Alaska. October 1, 2010. *724

230 P.3d 663 (2010) Sidney HERTZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.[1] No. S-12842. Supreme Court of Alaska. January 8, 2010. Rehearing Denied May 17, 2010. *664 Sidney R. Hertz, pro se, Seward. John K. Bodick, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Talis J.

USCA11 Case: 24-10139 Document: 59-1 Date Filed: 04/23/2025 Page: 1 of 111 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-10139 ____________________ BRUCE HENRY,