Warner et al v. Gross et al
Plaintiff: Charles F Warner, James A Coddington, Benjamin R Cole, Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, Nicholas A Davis, Richard S Fairchild, John M Grant, Wendell A Grissom, Marlon D Harmon, Raymond E Johnson, Emmanuel A Littlejohn, James D Pavatt, Kendrick A Simpson, Kevin R Underwood, Brenda E Andrew, Richard E Glossip, Shelton D Jackson, Phillip D Hancock, Julius D Jones, Alfred B Mitchell and Tremane Wood
Defendant: Kevin J Gross, Michael W Roach, Steve Burrage, Gene Haynes, Frazier Henke, Linda K Neal, Earnest D Ware, Robert C Patton, Anita K Trammell, Doctor X, Executioner #1, Executioner #2, Executioner #3 and Paramedic Y
Case Number: 5:2014cv00665
Filed: June 25, 2014
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Office: Oklahoma City Office
County: XX US, Outside State
Presiding Judge: Stephen P. Friot
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331
Jury Demanded By: None

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June 6, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 648 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. The prerequisites of a successful lethal injection challenge under the Eighth Amendment have been made clear by the Supreme Court in the Baze, Glossip and Bucklew cases cited in t his order. The plaintiff inmates have fallen well short of clearing the bar set by the Supreme Court. Consequently, the Eighth Amendment, as construed and applied by the Supreme Court in its lethal injection cases, does not stand in the way of execution of the Oklahoma inmates in this case under Chart D of the Oklahoma lethal injection protocol. A final judgment will be entered forthwith. Signed by Judge Stephen P. Friot on 6/6/2022. (llg)
February 23, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 626 ORDER granting in part and denying in part 612 Defendants' Motion in Limine to Exclude or Limit the Testimony of Dr. Van Norman and Motion for Sanctions (as fully set out in this order). Signed by Judge Stephen P. Friot on 2/23/2022. (llg)
January 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 587 ORDER denying 551 Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Judge Stephen P. Friot on 1/14/2022. (llg)
October 12, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 493 ORDER DENYING IN PART and GRANTING IN PART 467 Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend, Alter and/or Vacate Judgment or, in the Alternative, for a Stay of Enforcement of Judgment. The motion is DENIED except as to plf James Coddington. As to plf Coddington, the motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, as follows: The Rule 54(b) final judgment is VACATED in all respects and the grant of summary judgment on Count II is VACATED. To the extent that Coddington seeks r elief from the grant of summary judgment with respect to Count IX, his motion is DENIED. This leaves Coddington's Count II claim pending for trial. The court DENIES 457 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 463 , 479 Motions and Other Post-Judgment Filings by Wade Lay. (All as fully set out in this order.) Signed by Judge Stephen P. Friot on 10/12/2021. (llg)
August 11, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 449 ORDER granting in part and denying in part 388 Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (as fully set out in this order). Signed by Honorable Stephen P. Friot on 8/11/2021. (llg)
July 19, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 444 ORDER directing the Warden of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary to deliver this order and an extra copy of the attached exhibit to Wade Lay (with further instructions as fully set out in this order). Signed by Honorable Stephen P. Friot on 7/19/2021. (Attachment: # 1 Exhibit A - Alternative methods of carrying out sentence of death)(llg)
April 2, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 401 ORDER STRIKING 392 Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment as well as related filings 393 and 394 . 341 8/14/2020 Scheduling Order is VACATED. Plfs' are DIREC TED to provide complete, responsive, verified answers to Interrogatory Nos. 15 and 16 by 5/3/2021. Plfs' new response to 388 Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment due 5/10/2021. Dfts' reply in support of motion for summary judgment due 5/24/2021. (All as fully set out in this order.) Signed by Honorable Stephen P. Friot on 4/2/2021. (llg)
December 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 376 ORDER granting in part and denying in part 361 Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Production of Documents. Signed by Honorable Stephen P. Friot on 12/7/2020. (llg)
October 1, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 357 ORDER granting 334 Defendants' Motion to Strike or Dismiss Pro Se Complaint. 326 Wade Lay's Pro Se Amended Complaint is stricken. 342 Wade Lay's Motion for Injunctive Relief is also stricken. Wade Lay remains a pro se plaintiff in this action. Signed by Honorable Stephen P. Friot on 10/1/2020. (llg)
September 15, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 349 ORDER granting 333 Defendants' Partial Motion to Dismiss. Counts I, III and VIII are DISMISSED under Rule 12(b)(6). Edward Evans, David Parker and Greg Williams, all of whom were previously named as defendants in their official capacities, are likewise DISMISSED under Rule 12(b)(6). All dismissals are with prejudice, and without leave to amend. Signed by Honorable Stephen P. Friot on 9/15/2020. (llg)
May 6, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 320 MEMORANDUM. Follows oral order of 5/5/2020. Signed by Honorable Stephen P. Friot on 5/6/2020. (llg)
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