Ohio Adult Parole Authority v. Woodard, 523 U.S. 272, 24 (1998)

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Cite as: 523 U. S. 272 (1998)

Opinion of Stevens, J.

358 (1977) (citations omitted) (plurality opinion). Those considerations apply with special force to the final stage of the decisional process that precedes an official deprivation of life.

Accordingly, while I join Part III of the Court's opinion, I cannot accept the reasoning or the conclusion in Part II. Because this case comes to us in an interlocutory posture, I agree with the Court of Appeals that the case should be remanded to the District Court, "in light of relevant evidentiary materials submitted by the parties," 5 for a determination whether Ohio's procedures meet the minimum requirements of due process.

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5 107 F. 3d, at 1194.

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