No. 23-6964

Harvey Cantrell v. Department of Veterans Affairs

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment capital-punishment civil-rights competency due-process mental-illness
Latest Conference: 2024-05-09
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 significantly impairs his rational understanding of the reasons for his execution

Docket Entries

2024-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
2024-04-11
Waiver of right of respondent Dept. of VA to respond filed.
2023-12-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 11, 2024)

Attorneys

Dept. of VA
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Harvey Cantrell
Harvey Cantrell — Petitioner