No. 20-5767

William Emmett LeCroy, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: all-writs-act death-sentence district-court-discretion execution-date exigent-circumstances federal-district-court federal-procedure injunction judicial-modification stay-of-execution
Key Terms:
Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a federal district court reset or modify an execution date for a federally death-sentenced inmate in order to manage unforeseen exigent circumstances under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), without the traditional factors for a stay of execution or injunction?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED May a federal district court reset or modify an execution date for a federally deathsentenced inmate in order to manage unforeseen exigent circumstances under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), without the traditional factors for a stay of execution or injunction? i

Docket Entries

2020-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 22, 2020)
2020-09-22
Application (20A52) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2020-09-22
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2020-09-22
Application (20A52) referred to the Court.
2020-09-22
Reply of petitioner William Emmett LeCroy, Jr. filed.
2020-09-22
Application (20A52) denied by the Court.
2020-09-22
Petition DENIED.

Attorneys

United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
William Emmett LeCroy, Jr.
Stephen Alan FerrellFederal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Petitioner