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Russell BUCKLEW, petitioner, v. Anne L. PRECYTHE, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, et al.
    No. 17-8151.
    Supreme Court of the United States
    April 30, 2018.
    Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit are granted. In addition to the questions presented in the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following Question: Whether petitioner met his burden under Glossip v. Gross, 576 U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2726, 192 L.Ed.2d 761 (2015), to prove what procedures would be used to administer his proposed alternative method of execution, the severity and duration of pain likely to be produced, and how they compare to the State's method of execution.