article: On November 1, 2006, Aaron Lee Jones filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the state of Alabama from using its lethal injection procedure against him. The complaint alleged that the procedure was not medically approved and would result in extreme pain in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. The plaintiff was represented by private attorneys. On April 17, 2007, the district court (Judge Myron H. Thompson) denied the plaintiff's motion to stay his execution pending his challenge of the lethal injection procedure. His execution was scheduled for May 3, 2007. On April 27, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Judge Joel Fredrick Dubina) affirmed. Both courts found that Jones delayed in bringing these constitutional claims. Aaron Lee Jones was executed on May 3, 2007 by lethal injection. The case is now closed.
summary: Aaron Lee Jones filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the state of Alabama from using lethal injection procedure against him, in violation of the Eight and Fourteenth Amendments. His claim was denied, and the US Eleventh Circuit of Appeals affirmed the District Court's decision. He was executed on May 3, 2007.