No. 25A892
Ronald Palmer Heath v. Florida, et al.
Tags: cruel-and-unusual drug-administration eighth-amendment lethal-injection method-of-execution protocol-violation
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits a state from executing an inmate when there is a demonstrated pattern of maladministration and protocol violations in the lethal injection process that creates a substantial risk of severe pain
Docket Entries
2026-02-10
Application (25A892) referred to the Court.
2026-02-10
Application (25A892) 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.
2026-02-09
Response to application from respondent Florida filed.
2026-02-09
Reply of Ronald Heath in support of application submitted.
2026-02-09
Reply of applicant Ronald Heath filed.
2026-02-06
Application (25A892) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Florida
Scott Andrew Browne — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Ronald Heath
Sonya Margaret Rudenstine — Petitioner