midazolam
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24A1279 | Richard Jordan v. Mississippi State Executioner, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2025-06-25 | Denied | alternative-method chemical-paralytic eighth-amendment execution-protocol lethal-injection midazolam | Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the use of a three-drug lethal injection protocol that includes midazolam, a chemical paralytic, and potassium … | |
| 18A1238 | Christopher Lee Price v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-29 | Presumed Complete | cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment execution-protocol lethal-injection midazolam pain-and-suffering | Whether Alabama's lethal injection protocol using midazolam violates the Eighth Amendment by posing a substantial risk of causing severe and excruciat… | |
| 18-1249 | Christopher Lee Price v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-03-27 | Denied | compounding-pharmacy cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment execution-protocol lethal-injection midazolam pentobarbital | Whether an Alabama death row inmate has shown that pentobarbital is 'available' to the Alabama Department of Corrections for use in executions | |
| 18-5096 | Raymond Tibbetts v. John Kasich, Governor of Ohio, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2018-07-03 | Denied | IFP | baze-v-rees baze-vs-rees eighth-amendment execution-protocol glossip-v-gross glossip-vs-gross lethal-injection midazolam prisoner-rights scientific-evidence substantial-risk substantial-risk-of-harm substantial-risk-of-serious-harm | Whether a prisoner challenging a midazolam three-drug lethal-injection protocol must prove with scientific evidence that the first drug is sure or ver… |