EFRAIN FRIAS-ALMANZA, PETITIONER,

v.

UNITED STATES.

Citator

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• Brooks v. Warden, Commissioner, Alabama DOC, 810 F.3d 812 (11th Cir. 2016)
  …We affirmed, and the United States Supreme Court again denied his petition for certio-rari. Brooks v. Comm’r, Ala. Dep’t of Corr., 719 F. 3d 1292, 1305 (11th Cir.2013) (“Brooks IV”), cert. denied sub nom. Brooks v. Thomas, — U.S. -, 134 S.Ct. 1541, 188 L.Ed.2d 562 (2014). On September 10, 2014, the Defendants (collectively, the Alabama Department of Corrections or “ADOC”) amended Alabama’s execution protocol in two ways: (1) they substituted midazolam hydrochloride for pentobarbital as the first drug adminis…

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• Marbel Mendoza v. Sec'y, Fla. Dep't OF Corr., 761 F.3d 1213 (11th Cir. 2014)
  …t the lawyer did in fact.” Bishop v. Warden, GDCP, 726 F. 3d 1243, 1257 (11th Cir.2013) (quotation marks omitted); see also Lee v. Comm’r, Ala. Dep’t of Corr., 726 F. 3d 1172, 1194-95 (11th Cir.2013), cert. denied sub nom., Lee v. Thomas, - U.S. -, 134 S.Ct. 1542, 188 L.Ed.2d 557 (2014). As detailed earlier, in preparation for the penalty phase, Mendoza’s trial counsel did a great deal. Trial counsel conducted a reasonable investigation of Mendoza’s background and developed a penalty phase-mitigation strat…