Supreme Court of the United States

Gary Otte v. Donald Morgan, Et. al.

July 25, 2017137 S. Ct. 2238

Summary

The Supreme Court denied the petition for a stay of execution and denied the petition for a writ of certiorari. By refusing both requests, the Court left in place the lower courts' orders and did not address the merits of the claim that Ohio's execution protocol violates the Eighth Amendment.