No. 18-8332

Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, et al. v. Tony Parker, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2019-03-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Amici (1)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: cross-examination discovery due-process execution-method execution-secrecy method-of-execution prisoners-rights privileged-communications standing state-officials state-secrecy
Latest Conference: 2019-05-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a state deprive condemned prisoners of due process when, to defeat a challenge to the state's method of execution, state officials rely on and the state courts credit testimony regarding privileged communications that the prisoners could not effectively challenge through cross-examination or otherwise because they were barred from reviewing the privileged material and from access to the witnesses covered by the privilege?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a state deprive condemned prisoners of due process when, to defeat a challenge to the state's method of execution, state officials rely on and the state courts credit testimony regarding privileged communications that the prisoners could not effectively challenge through cross-examination or otherwise because they were barred from reviewing the privileged material and from access to the witnesses covered by the privilege?

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
2019-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-23
Reply of petitioners Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, et al. filed.
2019-04-08
Brief amicus curiae of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty filed.
2019-04-08
Brief of respondent Tony Parker, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-03-12
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, et al.
2019-03-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 8, 2019)
2019-01-09
Application (18A709) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 7, 2019.
2018-01-04
Application (18A709) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 6, 2019 to March 7, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, et al.
Robert N. HochmanSidley Austin, LLP, Petitioner
Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty
Eric G. OsborneSherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC, Amicus
Tony Parker, et al.
Amy L. TarkingtonTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent