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3 results for “Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al.”

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25-6506 John Wesley Patton v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Louisiana 2026-01-07 Pending civil-rights district-court judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality procedural-fairness recusal Could a Louisiana District Judge, namely, Steven C. Grefer, 24th Judicial District Court, in Division "J" in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana be considered…
24-6778 Jessie Hoffman v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-03-16 Dismissed cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment execution-method nitrogen-gassing religious-freedom rluipa Whether a method of execution that superadds psychological suffering violates the Eighth Amendment's bar on cruel and unusual punishment; Whether exec…
24A893 Jessie Hoffman v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None