Two of the leading cases challenging the lethal injection process as a civil rights violation were significantly delayed to allow the parties more time to gather information. In California, the federal District Court overseeing the case of Michael Morales postponed the scheduled May 2 hearing until September 19, 2006. In Missouri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted a 60-day extension for discovery and a hearing in the case of Michael Taylor. Both inmates had come within hours of execution earlier this year. (Morales v. Woodford, U.S. District Court for San Jose, CA, Order stating stipulation of the parties to increased time, April 27, 2006; Taylor v. Crawford, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, 8th Cir., April 27, 2006 (per curiam opinion remanding the case for a hearing in District Court within 60 days).