No. 25A698

Frank Walls v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: N/A
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment lethal-injection medical-vulnerability pulmonary-edema
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

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 GunnFederal Public Defender, N.D. Fla., Petitioner
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
Scott Andrew BrowneOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent