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RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 17a0136p.06

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

IN RE: OHIO EXECUTION PROTOCOL. ___________________________________________ ANGELO FEARS, et al., Plaintiffs, GARY OTTE; RONALD PHILLIPS; RAYMOND TIBBETTS, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DONALD MORGAN, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

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No. 17-3076

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at Columbus. No. 2:11-cv-01016—Michael R. Merz, Magistrate Judge. Argued: June 15, 2017 Decided and Filed: June 28, 2017 Before: COLE, Chief Judge; BATCHELDER, MOORE, CLAY, GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, WHITE, STRANCH, DONALD, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.* _________________ COUNSEL REARGUED EN BANC: Eric E. Murphy, OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Mark E. Haddad, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees. ON SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF: Eric E. Murphy, Peter T. Reed, Hannah C. Wilson, Thomas E. Madden, Jocelyn K. Lowe, Charles L. Wille, Katherine E. Mullin, OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Mark E. *

Judge Cook recused herself from this case.


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