FILE - This undated file image provided by Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery shows Lisa Montgomery. A federal appeals court has lifted a judges order that had blocked the execution date for Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row. The ruling was handed down Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery via AP)WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Moss concluded that the under his order the Bureau of Prisons could not even reschedule Montgomery’s execution until at least Jan. 1.