Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit November 27, 2002, No. 00-4270 (Combs v. Wilkinson)

lead-opinion

SILER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which HEYBURN, D.J., joined. GILMAN, J. (p. 560), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Ronald Combs, Jason Robb, and George Skatzes, Ohio death row inmates, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C.