No. 24-5603

Freddie Owens v. Bryan Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: due-process execution-methods informed-choice lethal-injection procedural-rights state-action
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether South Carolina's refusal to provide information about execution drugs violates a death row inmate's due process rights when choosing a method of execution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. :

Docket Entries

2024-09-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2024-09-20
Application (24A284) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2024-09-20
Brief of respondent Henry Dargan McMaster, Governor of South Carolina in opposition filed.
2024-09-20
Application (24A284) referred to the Court.
2024-09-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-20
Application (24A284) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Sotomayor would grant the application for stay of execution of sentence of death.
2024-09-20
Reply of Freddie Owens submitted.
2024-09-20
Reply of petitioner Freddie Owens filed.
2024-09-20
Reply of applicant Freddie Owens filed.

Attorneys

Freddie Owens
David Charles WeissCapital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit, Petitioner
David Charles WeissCapital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit, Petitioner
Henry Dargan McMaster, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina
William Grayson LambertOffice of the Governor, Respondent
William Grayson LambertOffice of the Governor, Respondent
Henry McMaster, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina
Thomas Ashley Limehouse Jr.Office of the Governor, State of South Carolina, Respondent
Thomas Ashley Limehouse Jr.Office of the Governor, State of South Carolina, Respondent