No. 19-7572
Abel Revilla Ochoa v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al.
Tags: 1st-amendment 42-U.S.C.-§-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights clemency clemency-process constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review standing state-actor
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a state actor can insulate unconstitutional policies and practices from judicial review by asserting that the upcoming execution of the plaintiff serves as an irrefutable endpoint to any harm, rendering the state actor's policies and practices non-justiciable.
2. Whether a state actor violates a death row inmate's due process rights when it interferes in the clemency process by preventing the condemned individual from submitting evidence to support his request for clemency.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state actor can insulate unconstitutional policies and practices from judicial review
Docket Entries
2020-02-06
Brief of respondent Bryan Collier, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-02-06
Application (19A876) referred to the Court.
2020-02-06
Reply of petitioner Abel Ochoa filed.
2020-02-06
Application (19A876) denied by the Court.
2020-02-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 6, 2020)
2020-02-05
Application (19A876) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Abel Ochoa
Bryan Collier, et al.
Stephen Matthew Hoffman — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent