No. 18-6530

Edmund Zagorski v. Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-protections constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty death-penalty-challenges due-process involuntary-waiver method-of-execution procedural-technicalities state-secrecy stewart-v-lagrand
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did Glossip v. Gross modify centuries-old jurisprudence prohibiting involuntary waiver of constitutional protections in the context of method of execution claims?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did Glossip v. Gross, 135 S.Ct. 2726 (2015), modify centuries-old jurisprudence prohibiting involuntary waiver of constitutional protections in the context of method of execution claims? 2. Does Stewart v. LaGrand, 526 U.S. 115 (1999), prevent a death-sentenced inmate from challenging a barbaric method of execution he was coerced into choosing by threat of an even more-barbarous method because he was prevented from meeting the of Gossip by state secrecy laws and procedural technicalities?

Docket Entries

2018-11-01
Application (18A470) referred to the Court.
2018-11-01
Application (18A470) denied by the Court.
2018-11-01
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor dissents. (Detached opinion)
2018-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2018)
2018-11-01
Application (18A470) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2018-11-01
Brief of respondent Bill Haslam, et al. in opposition filed.
2018-11-01
Reply of petitioner Edmund Zagorski filed.

Attorneys

Bill Haslam, et al.
Jennifer L. Smith — Respondent
Jennifer L. Smith — Respondent
Edmund Zagorski
Kelley Jane HenryFederal Public Defender, Middle District of Tennessee, Petitioner
Kelley Jane HenryFederal Public Defender, Middle District of Tennessee, Petitioner