No. 24-6709

Brad Keith Sigmon v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2025-03-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: death-penalty due-process execution-method lethal-injection prisoner-rights statutory-right
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does South Carolina's compressed timeline and arbitrary denial of information necessary for a condemned prisoner to exercise his statutory right 'never [to] be subjected to execution by a method he contends is more inhumane than another method that is available' violate Due Process?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

is: Does South Carolina’s compressed timeline and arbitrary denial of information necessary for a condemned prisoner to exercise his statutory right “never [to] be subjected to execution by a method he contends is more inhumane than another method that is avai lable” violate Due Process?

Docket Entries

2025-03-07
Brief of respondent South Carolina in opposition filed.
2025-03-07
Application (24A854) referred to the Court.
2025-03-07
Reply of petitioner Brad Keith Sigmon filed.
2025-03-07
Application (24A854) 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.
2025-03-07
The application 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.
2025-03-07
Motion to file a supplemental appendix under seal GRANTED.
2025-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2025-03-05
Application (24A854) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2025-03-05
Motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari and application for stay of execution of sentence of death with the supplemental appendix under seal filed by petitioner Brad Keith Sigmon.

Attorneys

Brad Keith Sigmon
Gerald Wesley King Jr.Fed Public Defender Western Dist of North Carolina, Petitioner
South Carolina
Melody Jane BrownSouth Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent