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Marcel Wayne Williams v. Ray Hobbs, Interim Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, In His

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Submitted: September 20, 2011

Before LOKEN, BEAM, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Several Arkansas prisoners on death row challenged the state’s Method of Execution Act (the Act) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 arguing that it violates the ex post facto clause and their due process right to access the courts. The district court*fn1 dismissed the prisoners’ claims, finding that their arguments were merely speculative, that they had access to Arkansas’s current execution protocol, and that they could submit a FOIA request to obtain information on future protocols. In this consolidated appeal the prisoners argue that the district court erred in dismissing their ex post facto clause and due process claims. Appellant Williams also appeals individually contending that the district court erred in denying his habeas petition as second or successive and by refusing to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a state law claim. Appellant Jones and the prisoners that intervened in his suit appeal the denial of their motion to vacate the judgment. We affirm.

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