No. 21-1268
Joe Clarence Smith, Jr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al.
Tags: 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty death-row eighth-amendment habeas-relief method-of-execution section-1983
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Punishment HabeasCorpus
SocialSecurity Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2022-05-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether Mr. Smith's method-of-execution challenge is cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
2. Whether a method of execution involving 44 years of mostly solitary confinement on death row prior to execution constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Mr. Smith's method-of-execution challenge is cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Docket Entries
2022-05-23
Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Breyer respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21-1268_0pm1.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2022-05-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/19/2022.
2022-04-15
Brief of respondents David Shinn, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-03-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 18, 2022)
2022-02-07
Application (21A394) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 16, 2022.
2022-02-02
Application (21A394) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 14, 2022 to March 16, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
David Shinn, et al.
Jeffrey Lee Sparks — Arizona Attorney General, Respondent
Joe Clarence Smith, Jr.
Kenneth F. Rossman IV — Lewis Roca Rothberger Christie LLP, Petitioner