No. 19-5839
IFP
Tags: competency cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty delusions due-process eighth-amendment ford-hearing junk-science lay-stereotypes mental-competency mental-illness panetti-v-quarterman
Latest Conference:
2019-11-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. May a state court rely on junk science and lay stereotypes of the severely mentally ill to adjudicate a Ford claim ?
2. If an inmate acknowledges the presence of a causal link between the offense and his death sentence , but believes as a result of a grossly delusional belief system that the State seeks to execute him in order to steal his green energy ideas, protect Big Oil, and save money, may he be executed consistent with the Eighth Amendment ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state court may rely on junk science and lay stereotypes of the severely mentally ill to adjudicate a Ford claim
Docket Entries
2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-23
Reply of petitioner Randall Mays filed.
2019-10-23
Reply of petitioner Randall Mays filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 9, 2019
2019-10-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 7, 2019 to October 9, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-09
Brief of respondent State of Texas in opposition filed.
2019-09-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 7, 2019)
Attorneys
Randall Mays
State of Texas
Travis Golden Bragg — Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Respondent