Case: 2:11-cv-01016-EAS-MRM Doc #: 949 Filed: 01/26/17 Page: 1 of 3 PAGEID #: 32243

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION

IN RE: OHIO EXECUTION PROTOCOL
LITIGATION
This document relates to:
RONALD PHILLIPS (Inmate # 279-109),
RAYMOND TIBBETTS (Inmate # 363-178),
GARY OTTE (Inmate # 264-667),
Plaintiffs,
v.
JOHN KASICH, Governor,
Defendant,
GARY C. MOHR, Director,
Defendant,
RONALD ERDOS, Warden,
Defendant,
DONALD MORGAN, Deputy Director,
Defendant,
STEPHEN GRAY, Chief Counsel,
Defendant,
EDWIN VOORHIES, Managing Director ,
Defendant,
RICHARD THEODORE, Pharmacist,
Defendant,
CHARLOTTE JENKINS, Warden,
Defendant,
JOHN COLEMAN, Warden,
Defendant,
UNNAMED AND ANONYMOUS
EXECUTION TEAM MEMBERS,
Defendants,
UNKNOWN PHARMACIES #1-100,
Defendants,
UNKNOWN PHARMACISTS #1-100,
Defendants,

: Case No. 2:11-cv-1016
:
: Chief Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.
:
: Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:

 Case: 2:11-cv-01016-EAS-MRM Doc #: 949 Filed: 01/26/17 Page: 2 of 3 PAGEID #: 32244

and
UNKNOWN DRUG SUPPLIERS #1-25,
Defendants,
and
JOHN DOES #1-25,
Defendants.

:
:
:
:
:
:

NOTICE OF APPEAL

Notice is hereby given that the following Defendants appeal to the United States Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from the Decision and Order [ECF No. 948] entered in this action
on the 26th day of January, 2017: Ohio Governor John Kasich; Gary Mohr, Director of the Ohio
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; Ron Erdos, Warden, Southern Ohio Correctional
Facility; Anonymous Execution Team Members #1-50; John Coleman, Warden, Toledo
Correctional Institution; Warden, Franklin Medical Center; Stephen Gray, Chief Counsel of the
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; Charlotte Jenkins, Warden, Chillicothe
Correctional Center; Warden, Ohio State Penitentiary; Richard Theodore, Pharmacist for the
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; Edwin Voorhies, Managing Director of
Operations, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; and Donald Morgan, Deputy
Director of Operations of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

2

 Case: 2:11-cv-01016-EAS-MRM Doc #: 949 Filed: 01/26/17 Page: 3 of 3 PAGEID #: 32245

Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL DEWINE
Ohio Attorney General
s/Thomas E. Madden
THOMAS E. MADDEN (0077069)
CHARLES L. WILLE (0056444)
JOCELYN K. LOWE (0083646)
KATHERINE E. MULLIN (0084122)
Assistant Attorneys General
Criminal Justice Section, Capital Crimes Unit
150 East Gay Street, 16th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
T: (6l4) 728-7055; F: (614) 728-9327
Thomas.Madden@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Charles.Wille@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Jocelyn.Lowe@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Katherine.Mullin@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of
Appeal was filed electronically this 26th day of January, 2017. Notice of this filing will be sent
to all parties by operation of the Court’s electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing
through the Court’s system.

s/Thomas E. Madden
THOMAS E. MADDEN (0077069)
Assistant Attorney General

3