Holding: Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is the procedural vehicle appropriate for a prisoner’s method-of-execution claim even if an order granting the relief requested would necessitate a change in state law.
Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on June 23, 2022. Justice Barrett filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch joined.
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