No. 18A1238
Christopher Lee Price v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.
Tags: cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment execution-protocol lethal-injection midazolam pain-and-suffering
Latest Conference:
2019-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Alabama's lethal injection protocol using midazolam violates the Eighth Amendment by posing a substantial risk of causing severe and excruciating pain during execution
Docket Entries
2019-06-24
Motion of National Public Radio, Inc., et al. for leave to intervene to file a motion to unseal GRANTED.
2019-06-24
Motion of National Public Radio, Inc., et al. to unseal filed.
2019-06-24
Motion of National Public Radio, Inc., et al. to unseal GRANTED.
2019-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-06-17
Response to motion to unseal from respondents Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Dept of Corrections, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-06-07
Motion of National Public Radio, Inc., et al. for leave to intervene to file a motion to unseal filed.
2019-05-30
Response to application and application for leave to file the response under seal with redacted copies for the public record from respondent Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. filed.
2019-05-30
Application (18A1238) referred to the Court.
2019-05-30
Application (18A1238) denied by the Court. The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court is denied. The applications for leave to file the application for stay and the response under seal with redacted copies for the public record are granted. JUSTICE BREYER, with whom JUSTICE GINSBURG joins, and with whom JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and JUSTICE KAGAN join as to all but Part II, dissenting from denial of application for stay. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/18a1238_l5gm.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2019-05-29
Application (18A1238) for a stay of execution of sentence of death and for leave to file the application under seal with redacted copies for the public record, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Dept of Corrections, et al
National Public Radio, Inc. and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Price, Christopher Lee
Aaron Michael Katz — Ropes & Gray LLP, Petitioner
Aaron Michael Katz — Ropes & Gray LLP, Petitioner