No. 25A698
Frank Walls v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Tags: cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment lethal-injection medical-vulnerability pulmonary-edema
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Question Presented (from Petition)
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Florida's three-drug lethal injection protocol violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment when applied to a prisoner with specific medical vulnerabilities that create a substantial risk of severe, torturous suffering during execution
Docket Entries
2025-12-18
Application (25A698) referred to the Court.
2025-12-18
Application (25A698) 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.
2025-12-17
Response of Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. to application submitted.
2025-12-17
Response to application from respondent Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. filed.
2025-12-17
Reply of Frank Walls in support of application submitted.
2025-12-17
Reply of applicant Frank Walls filed.
2025-12-16
Application (25A698) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Frank Walls
Sean Talmage Gunn — Federal Public Defender, N.D. Fla., Petitioner
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Scott Andrew Browne — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent