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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Janice K. Brewer, Governor of the State

of Arizona; Charles L. Ryan, Director

of the Arizona Department of Corrections;

Ernest Trujillo, Warden, Arizona

Department of Corrections - Eyman;

Carson McWilliams, Warden, Arizona

Department of Corrections - Florence;

Does 1-50, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-10-02246-PHX-ROS

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER

On October 21, 2010, Plaintiff Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan filed this suit pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that execution by lethal injection using sodium thiopental

obtained from a non-FDA approved manufacturer would violate his rights under the Eighth

and Fourteenth Amendments. Plaintiff sought “equitable, injunctive, and declaratory relief

to prevent Defendants from carrying out [Plaintiff’s] execution.” (Doc. 1 at 2.) On October

26, 2010, Plaintiff was executed. Thereafter, Eric John King, Donald Edward Beaty, and

Daniel Wayne Cook (the “Potential Intervenors”) filed a motion to intervene in this action.

Cook also filed a motion to consolidate this action with a nearly identical § 1983 complaint

he filed in Case No. CV-10-2454-PHX-RCB. On November 5, 2010, the Court directed

Potential Intervenors and Defendants to address whether Plaintiff’s case is moot. After

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considering the briefs, the Court concludes that Plaintiff’s execution rendered this action

moot. See Kennerly v. United States, 721 F.2d 1252, 1260 (9th Cir. 1983) (finding claim for

injunctive relief moot after plaintiff’s death). Accordingly, the Court will deny the pending

motions and direct that this case be terminated.

Based on the foregoing,

IT IS ORDERED that the motions to intervene filed by John King, Donald Edward

Beaty, and Daniel Wayne Cook (Docs. 27, 28 & 36) are DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Daniel Wayne Cook’s motion to consolidate

cases (Doc. 47) is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall terminate this case as

moot.

DATED this 22nd day of November, 2010.

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