Case Name: J. W. LEDFORD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Warden, Other Unknown Employees and Agents, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-05-16
Citations: 856 F.3d 1327
Docket Number: No. 17-12167-P
Parties: J. W. LEDFORD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Warden, Other Unknown Employees and Agents, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.*
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 856
Pages: 1327–1338

Head Matter:
J. W. LEDFORD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Warden, Other Unknown Employees and Agents, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 17-12167-P
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Date Filed: 05/16/2017
Gerald Wesley King, Jr., Federal Defender Program, Inc., Mary Elizabeth Wells, Law Office of M.E. Wells, ATLANTA, GA, John D. Cline, Law Office of John D. Cline, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Beth Attaway Burton, Sabrina Graham, Attorney General’s Office, ATLANTA, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.*

Opinion:
BY THE COURT:
A petition for initial hearing en banc having been filed, a judge in active service having requested a poll on the petition, and a majority of the judges in active service having voted against it, the petition is DENIED. The motion for a stay of execution is DENIED and the State's motion to file a response to the plaintiff-appellant's sur-reply is DENIED AS MOOT.