No. 19-5651

Gary Ray Bowles v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 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
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

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 the remedy for the violation 42 U.S.C. 1983?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

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 the remedy 42 U.S.C. 1983?

Docket Entries

2019-08-22
Application (19A203) referred to the Court.
2019-08-22
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-22
Application (19A203) denied by the Court.
2019-08-21
Brief of respondents Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-08-21
Response to application from respondents Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. filed.
2019-08-21
Reply of petitioner Gary Bowles filed.
2019-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2019)
2019-08-20
Application (19A203) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Gary Bowles
Terri Lynn BackhusOffice of the Federal Public Defender-ND Florida, Petitioner
Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al.
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent