asphyxiation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A457 Anthony Boyd v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-21 Denied asphyxiation cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment execution-method nitrogen-hypoxia preliminary-injunction Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits execution by nitrogen hypoxia that causes prolonged conscious suffering and asphyxiation when a less painful al…
20-477 Shanika Day, et al. v. Franklin Wooten, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) asphyxiation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement positional-asphyxiation qualified-immunity section-1983 Does an arrestee have a clearly established right to have his difficulty breathing considered by officers in their handcuff and adverse body position,…