Alabama has apparently agreed to suspend the executions of death row inmates until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the lethal injection procedure and drug combination used in Oklahoma, according to an order issued by a federal judge in Montgomery.

U.S. District Court Judge Keith Watkins states in an order issued Wednesday in the case of Alabama Death Row inmate Tommy Arthur that he has a total of seven lethal injection lawsuits by death row inmates currently pending before him. All seven make similar claims and are at various stages of litigation.

Watkins stated in the Arthur case that it is in the best interests of justice to continue a May hearing in that case until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the lethal injection case of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip.

The Alabama Attorney General's Office also has "conceded that the best course of action is to stay decisions on the lethal injection cases across the board until Glossip is decided," Watkins writes in his order.

Watkins entered orders Wednesday and Thursday staying action in five of the seven lethal injections lawsuits, including Arthur's, until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules.

The judge, however, did not issue a stay in the lawsuits in the cases of two other Alabama inmates - Gregory Hunt and Robin Dee Myers. Hunt's execution had been set for April 16 and Myers' for June 18.

Efforts to reach an official with the Alabama Attorney General's Office was unsuccessful late Thursday to see if they will seek a delay of those cases.

The Attorney General's Office has already asked that the Alabama Supreme Court to hold off on its request to set execution dates for three other inmates, an official in the Federal Public Defender's Office in Montgomery told AL.com. Also the Attorney General's Office has not filed any opposition to recent court filings by Hunt's and Myers' attorneys seeking delays, that official said.

The Anniston Star quoted another Federal Public Defender, that "everything appears to be on hold" pending the Glossip case.

Arthur and death row inmate William Kuenzel already had both had their executions delayed by Watkins. Arthur's had been set for February and Kuenzel's had been set for Thursday.

Alabama's attorney general's office has acknowledged that the questions presented in the Glossip case indicate the potential for a different legal landscape than the current one, according to Watkins order.

"The court agrees and further notes that the decision in Glossip will bear directly on the scope and type of discovery that is relevant and appropriate in this case. Oral argument in Glossip is scheduled for April 29, 2015, with a decision expected by the end of June," Watkins writes.

In the Arthur case Watkins order that within 14 days from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Glossip, both sides are to jointly or individually file a statement or motion informing the court of their positions on the issues in this case in light of the Glossip decision.

This story was updated at 5:40 p.m. to correct that the executions of two inmates have not been delayed as of Thursday.