United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's denial of petitioner's motion for a preliminary injunction to delay his execution until he receives information regarding the method of his execution that he requested from the Arizona Department of Corrections, is reversed, where: 1) petitioner has presented serious questions going to the merits of his First Amendment right of access claim; 2) petitioner has established irreparable injury; 3) the balance of hardships tips sharply in his favor; and 4) the injunction is in the public interest.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/21/2014
• Published 07/21/2014

Judges

• THOMAS

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel