No. 25-5534

Carl G. Lindsey v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2025-09-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder fourteenth-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments, and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of Due Process and Equal Protection, bar the execution of individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), when their cognitive impairments and functional limitations mirror those of individuals with intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of Due Process and Equal Protection, bar the execution of individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) when their cognitive impairments and functional limitations mirror those of individuals with intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virigina?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-12
Reply of Carl Lindsey submitted.
2025-12-12
Reply of petitioner Carl Lindsey filed.
2025-12-12
Reply of petitioner Carl Lindsey filed. (Distributed)
2025-12-02
Brief of Ohio in opposition submitted.
2025-12-02
Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
2025-09-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2025.
2025-09-22
Motion of Ohio for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 3, 2025 to December 2, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 3, 2025)
2025-06-23
Application (24A1268) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until August 29, 2025.
2025-06-18
Application (24A1268) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 30, 2025 to August 29, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Carl Lindsey
Carol A. WrightCarol A. Wright, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Ohio
Mathura Jaya SridharanOhio Attorney General's Office, Respondent