Court Opinion

ID: 9574067
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:02:04.558493+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:44:01.346691
License: Public Domain

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge
(dissenting), with whom
WHITE, Circuit Judge, joins.
I am troubled by the procedural posture of this case and “Plan B” of the new protocol. Although the opinions are comprehensive, this appears to be a classic rush-to-judgment. On December 3, 2009, Biros filed a motion to amend his complaint to challenge the new, November 30, 2009 protocol. On December 4, the district court granted the motion and ordered an evidentiary hearing to commence 4 1/2 hours later. In my view, basic procedural due process demands more. On this issue, the final page of Judge Frost’s opinion is revealing: “It is not clear whether Biros could discover and present facts evincing a viable claim that would enable him to prevail in this litigation so that Ohio would need to find another method by which to execute him.” I would GRANT the petition for rehearing en banc and STAY the execution.