Context: Traditionally, Section 1983 was of limited use for a state prisoner under sentence of death because the Supreme Court has held that habeas corpus, not Section 1983, is the only vehicle by which a state prisoner can challenge his judgment of death. In the 2006 Hill v. McDonough case, however, the United States Supreme Court approved the use of Section 1983 as a vehicle for challenging a state's method of execution as cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The theory is that a prisoner bringing such a challenge is not attacking directly his judgment of death, but rather the means by which that the judgment will be carried out. Therefore, the Supreme Court held in the Hill case that a prisoner can use Section 1983 rather than habeas corpus to bring the lawsuit. Yet, as Clarence Hill's own case shows, lower federal courts have often refused to hear suits challenging methods of execution on the ground that the prisoner brought the claim too late and only for the purposes of delay. Further, the Court's decision in Baze v. Rees, upholding a lethal injection method used by many states, has drastically narrowed the opportunity for relief through Section 1983.

Question: In what case did the Supreme Court allow Section 1983 to be used to challenge a method of execution?
Answer: Hill v. McDonough

Question: In what year was Hill v. McDonough decided?
Answer: 2006

Question: What amendment of the Constitution does cruel and unusual punishment violate?
Answer: Eighth

Question: What case notably upheld the use of a method of lethal injection?
Answer: Baze v. Rees

Question: Along with Section 1983, through what means can a convict on death row challenge his execution?
Answer: habeas corpus

Question: n what case did the Supreme Court allow Section 1989 to be used to challenge a method of execution?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  In what year was Hill v. McDonough rejected?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What amendment of the Constitution doesn't cruel and unusual punishment violate?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  What case notably did not uphold the use of a method of lethal injection?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Along with Section 1983, through what means can a convict on death row submit to his execution?
Answer: Unanswerable