No. 18-5240

Roy Lee Ward v. Robert E. Carter, Jr., Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction, et al.

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2018-07-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: capital-punishment due-process fourteenth-amendment lethal-injection lethal-substances notice prisoner-rights state-execution state-prisoners
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment entitles condemned state prisoners to notice of the lethal substances a state will use to execute them

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED CAPITAL CASE The State of Indiana recognizes no constitutional obligation to notify condemned prisoners of the lethal substances it will use to execute them. The question presented is: Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution entitles condemned state prisoners to notice of the lethal substances a state will use to execute them.

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-03
Waiver of right of respondents Robert Carter, Jr., et al. to respond filed.
2018-07-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 16, 2018)

Attorneys

Robert Carter, Jr., et al.
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent
Roy Ward
David Wesley FrankChristopher C . Myers & Associates, Petitioner
David Wesley FrankChristopher C . Myers & Associates, Petitioner