Hill v. McDonough
2006 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hill v. McDonough, 547 U.S. 573 (2006), was a United States Supreme Court case challenging the use of lethal injection as a form of execution in the state of Florida. The Court ruled unanimously that a challenge to the method of execution as violating the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution properly raised a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which provides a cause of action for civil rights violations, rather than under the habeas corpus provisions. Accordingly, that the prisoner had previously sought habeas relief could not bar the present challenge.
Quick Facts Hill v. McDonough, Argued April 26, 2006 Decided June 12, 2006 ...
Hill v. McDonough | |
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Argued April 26, 2006 Decided June 12, 2006 | |
Full case name | Clarence E. Hill, Petitioner v. James R. McDonough, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Docket no. | 05-8794 |
Citations | 547 U.S. 573 (more) 126 S. Ct. 2096; 165 L. Ed. 2d 44; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 4674; 74 U.S.L.W. 4307; 19 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 242 |
Case history | |
Prior | Petition dismissed, M.D. Fla., Jan. 21, 2006; affirmed, 437 F.3d 1084 (11th Cir. 2006); cert. granted, 546 U.S. 1158 (2006). |
Holding | |
Because a death row prisoner's Eighth Amendment challenge to the method of execution was not a habeas corpus petition, but instead stated a claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983, his claim could not be barred by his previously filed petition for habeas relief. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. VIII; U.S. Const. amend. XIV; 28 U.S.C. § 2244; 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
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