No. 25-5379

Kayle Barrington Bates v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Amici (2)IFP
Tags: discrimination-standard habeas-corpus motion-to-dismiss section-1983-challenge statistical-evidence supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus Securities EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the standard of proof for statistical evidence of discrimination conflicts with Supreme Court precedent and whether such evidence can support a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenge at the motion to dismiss stage

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

in this petition are: 1. Whether the standard of proof (“virtually 100 percent”) imposed by the Court of Appeals for statistical evidence of discrimination and arbitrariness conflicts with this Court’s precedent? 2. Whether the standard of proof articulated in McCleskey v. Kemp is reduced where statistical evidence of discrimination is accompanied by other evidence of the sole decisionmaker’s history of discrimination? 3. Whether the standard of proof employed in a habeas case after full discovery and evidentiary development applies to a discrete 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenge at the Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) stage , where all facts and inferences must favor the plaintiff ?

Docket Entries

2025-08-19
Reply of Kayle Bates submitted.
2025-08-19
Reply of applicant Kayle Bates filed.
2025-08-19
Application (25A191) for 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.
2025-08-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-19
Reply of petitioner Kayle Bates filed.
2025-08-18
Brief amici curiae of Former Justice Harry Lee Anstead, et al. filed.
2025-08-18
Response to application from respondent Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida filed.
2025-08-18
Brief of respondent Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida in opposition filed.
2025-08-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
2025-08-17
Application (25A191) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2025-08-17
Amicus brief of Southern Poverty Law Center submitted.
2025-08-17
Brief amicus curiae of Southern Poverty Law Center filed.

Attorneys

HARRY LEE ANSTEAD CHESA BOUDIN, CONSERVATIVES CONCERNED, CATHERINE GROSSO, THE MUSLIM LEGAL FUND, AND AUSTIN SARAT
Mildred Hankins GecklerFederal Defender Program, Inc., Amicus
Mildred Hankins GecklerFederal Defender Program, Inc., Amicus
Ron DeSantis
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Southern Poverty Law Center
Krista Ann DolanSouthern Poverty Law Center, Amicus
Krista Ann DolanSouthern Poverty Law Center, Amicus