No. 20-5375

Charles Michael Hall v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech standing
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

ESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW CAPITAL CASE UESTION ONE UNDER THE FEDERAL DEATH ACT, “MUST” JURORS RETURN A DEATH SENTENCE IF PROVEN AGGRAVATING FACTORS SUFFICIENTLY OUTWEIGH PROVEN MITIGATING FACTORS, AS MANDATED BY THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, AND AS INSTRUCTED IN THIS CASE, OR IS THE OPPOSITE TRUE, THAT JURORS ARE NEVER REQUIRED TO RECOMMEND A DEATH SENTENCE REGARDLESS OF FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO AGGRAVATING AND MITIGATING FACTORS, AS PERSISTENTLY INSTRUCTED BY WELL OVER ONE HUNDRED DISTRICT COURTS OUTSIDE THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, INLANGUAGE CITED WITH APPROVAL BY THIS COURT? QUESTION TWO IN LIGHT OF THIS COURT’S HOLDING IN STRINGER v. BLACK, COUPLED WITH THE DICTATES OF THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY ACT AND THE PENALTY PHASE JURY CHARGE GIVEN IN THIS CASE, DID THE JURY’S REPORT OF “100% CERTAINTY” ABOUT INABILITY TO MAKE A UNANIMOUS DECISION ABOUT PUNISHMENT FOR MR. HALL AMOUNT TO A DETERMINATION THAT THE DEATH PENALTY WAS NOT JUSTIFIED, AND DID THE DISTRICT COURT’S SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION AFTER THAT JURY REPORT UNLAWFULLY COERCE THE JURY INTO RETURNING A DEATH SENTENCE? i

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-22
Reply of petitioner Charles Hall filed. (Distributed)
2021-02-05
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-01-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 19, 2021 to February 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-01-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 5, 2021.
2020-10-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 19, 2021.
2020-10-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 16, 2020 to January 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 16, 2020.
2020-09-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 16, 2020 to October 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Charles Hall
Frederick Allwyn Duchardt Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent