No. 20-6500
Alfred Bourgeois v. T. J. Watson, Warden, et al.
Amici (1)IFP
Tags: death-penalty diagnostic-standards due-process federal-death-penalty-act federal-statute habeas-corpus intellectual-disability judicial-review
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Does the Federal Death Penalty Act, which provides that a "sentence of death shall not be carried out upon a person who is mentally retarded," prohibit the government from executing a federal prisoner who is intellectually disabled under current legal and diagnostic standards?
If so, does 28 U.S.C. § 2241 provide a remedy for such a prisoner when a court had previously denied his claim using now-rejected judge-made criteria instead of clinically accepted diagnostic standards?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Federal Death Penalty Act prohibit the execution of a federal prisoner who is intellectually disabled?
Docket Entries
2020-12-11
Application (20A104) referred to the Court.
2020-12-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-11
Application (20A104) denied by the Court. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari and application for stay. (Detached opinion)
2020-12-07
Reply of petitioner Alfred Bourgeois filed.
2020-12-04
Brief of respondents T. J. Watson, Warden, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of The Constitution Project filed.
2020-12-03
Application (20A104) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Barrett.
2020-12-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 4, 2021)
Attorneys
Alfred Bourgeois
T. J. Watson, Warden, et al.
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
The Constitution Project
Meir Feder — Jones Day, Amicus