clemency-proceedings

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6159 Kevin Underwood v. Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied IFP arbitrary-action clemency-proceedings constitutional-rights due-process procedural-fairness state-law Whether the due process clause provides any protection for petitioners in state clemency proceedings that are explicitly required by state law
24-5561 Marcellus Williams v. Missouri, ex rel. Michael L. Parson, Governor of Missouri, et al. Missouri 2024-09-18 Denied IFP capital-punishment clemency-proceedings constitutional-rights due-process executive-discretion state-procedure Whether the State of Missouri will deprive Williams of his life without due process by executing him after initiating and then terminating a special c…
23-5667 Michael Duane Zack v. Ron Desantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-28 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment clemency clemency-proceedings due-process executive-discretion meaningful-access notice notice-requirements procedural-fairness unenforceable-rules Whether the right to minimal Due Process required in clemency proceedings is satisfied
23A276 Michael Duane Zack v. Ron Desantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-28 Denied clemency-proceedings death-penalty due-process executive-clemency fetal-alcohol-syndrome intellectual-disability Whether the Due Process Clause requires that death-sentenced individuals have meaningful access to executive clemency proceedings that afford an oppor…
19-8792 John Hummel v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-3599 clemency clemency-proceedings death-penalty discretionary-review expert-assistance expert-services legal-representation reasonably-necessary statutory-funding unusual-character-or-duration When a death-sentenced inmate's appointed attorney shows that expert services have likely utility and are of unusual character or duration, but cost m…
19-5651 Gary Ray Bowles v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-enforcement clemency clemency-proceedings death-penalty due-process federal-counsel federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus intellectual-disability right-to-counsel section-3599 Can state officials bar a death-sentenced individual's 18 U.S.C. § 3599 counsel from representing him in state clemency proceedings, and if not, is th…
24A590 Kevin Underwood v. Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied clemency-proceedings death-row due-process fourteenth-amendment life-interest state-law Whether the Due Process Clause provides constitutional protections for death row inmates in state clemency proceedings that are mandated by state law