No. 18-9396

Bobby Joe Long v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment lethal-injection res-judicata section-1983 stay
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Punishment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that Mr. Long was not entitled to a stay because of inexcusable delay in bringing his lethal-injection-claims

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED QUESTION I WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT MR. LONG WAS NOT ENTITLED TO A STAY BECAUSE OF INEXCUSABLE DELAY IN BRINGING HIS LETHAL INJECTION CLAIMS? QUESTION II WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THAT MR. LONG WAS PRECLUDED BY RES JUDICATA FROM PURSUING A SECTION 1983 CLAIM THAT FLORIDA’S CURRENT LETHAL INJECTION PROTOCOL (ETOMIDATE PROTOCOL) VIOLATES THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT CLAUSE? i

Docket Entries

2019-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 24, 2019)
2019-05-23
Application (18A1216) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2019-05-23
Brief of respondent Mark Inch, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-05-23
Application (18A1216) referred to the Court.
2019-05-23
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-23
Application (18A1216) denied by the Court.

Attorneys

Bobby Long
Robert Anthony Norgard — Petitioner
Mark Inch, et al.
Stephen D. AkeOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent