No. 24A892

Edward Thomas James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability circuit-split habeas-corpus stay-of-execution successive-petition
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a circuit court may deny a certificate of appealability and stay of execution based on precedent that conflicts with a question pending before this Court in a case scheduled for decision before the petitioner's execution, when granting certiorari in the pending case signals the Court's intent to reconsider the circuit's precedent

Docket Entries

2025-03-20
Reply of Edward Thomas James in support of application submitted.
2025-03-20
Application (24A892) referred to the Court.
2025-03-20
Application (24A892) for a stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-03-20
Reply of applicant Edward Thomas James filed.
2025-03-19
Response of Ricky D. Dixon, et al. to application submitted.
2025-03-19
Response to application from respondents Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. filed.
2025-03-18
Application (24A892) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Edward Thomas James
Katherine Ann BlairCapital Habeas Unit Federal Public Defender NDFla, Petitioner
Ricky D. Dixon, et al.
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Scott Andrew BrowneOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent