No. 19-8728

Joshua Harrell v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-06-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment habeas-corpus mental-illness rational-understanding
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who has a severe mental illness that impairs his rational understanding of the reasons for his execution

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-10-19
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-30
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2020-03-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 17, 2020)

Attorneys

California
Seth Kasel SchalitAttorney General's Office, Respondent
Joshua Harrell
Joshua Neil Harrell — Petitioner