No. 24A892
Edward Thomas James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Tags: capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability circuit-split habeas-corpus stay-of-execution successive-petition
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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
Ricky D. Dixon, et al.
Scott Andrew Browne — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent