The first man sentenced to death in federal court in Chattanooga is suing President Donald Trump after plans were announced to move him and 36 others to a supermax prison despite having their sentences commuted by former President Joe Biden.
Rejon Taylor is the first of 21 plaintiffs in a suit filed Wednesday that alleges an executive order signed by Trump in January, and the subsequent actions by Attorney General Pam Bondi, violated rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
Taylor was sentenced to death after he was found guilty in 2008 of murder, kidnapping and carjacking charges, according to the judgment from the Eastern Tennessee district of federal court.