U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Va. Dep't of Corr. v. Jordan
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- Opinion
- Filed
- April 11, 2019
- Case
- Va. Dep't of Corr. v. Jordan
- Case status
- Decided
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RICHARDSON, Circuit Judge: Richard Jordan and Ricky Chase, both Mississippi death-row inmates, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging that state's lethal-injection procedures under the Eighth Amendment. As part of discovery in that lawsuit, they served a subpoena on the Virginia Department of Corrections ("VDOC") that sought documents and testimony about Virginia's execution practice…
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