Woods v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, No. 20-10843 (11th Cir. 2020)
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The Eleventh Circuit denied appellant's motion for a stay of execution. The court held that appellant was not entitled to a stay of execution for at least two reasons: first, equity weighs heavily against granting the motion because of its untimeliness and the State and the victims' interest in enforcement of criminal sentences; and second, appellant failed to establish a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of his procedural due process, equal protection clause, and Eighth Amendment claims.
The court also held that when, as here, a district court dismisses a plaintiff's federal claims, the court has encouraged dismissal of the remaining state-law claims too. Therefore, the district court did not abuse its discretion and the court denied appellant's motion for a stay of execution. The court granted appellant's motion for excess words.
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