No. 20-23
Dale Hartkemeyer, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al.
Tags: free-exercise last-rites ministerial-duty pandemic pandemic-execution prisoner prisoner-rights religious-exercise religious-freedom RFRA
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Where a priest has a sacred religious duty to minister last rites to a prisoner under his pastoral care, does scheduling the prisoner's execution during a pandemic at significant risk to the priest's health and life violate his religious exercise rights under RFRA?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Where a priest has a sacred religious duty to minister last rites to a prisoner under his pastoral care, does scheduling the prisoner’s execution during a pandemic at significant risk to the priest’s health and life violate his religious exercise rights under RFRA?
Docket Entries
2020-07-16
Application (20A11) referred to the Court.
2020-07-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
Application (20A11) denied by the Court. The application for stay of execution of sentences of death for Wesley Purkey and Dustin Honken presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied.
2020-07-15
Application (20A11) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
2020-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2020)
2020-07-15
Brief of respondents William P. Barr, et al. in opposition filed.
Attorneys
Mark O'Keefe, et al.
Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier — Ropes & Gray, LLP, Petitioner
Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier — Ropes & Gray, LLP, Petitioner
William P Barr, et al.
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent