No. 23-7591

Jamie Mills v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-counsel access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment execution-procedure prisoner-rights
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether given the unique pattern in Alabama's recent executions, in which Defendants have misrepresented critical facts and prohibited access to courts or counsel, Mr. Mills is likely to succeed on his claim that unnecessary, cruel, and prolonged restraint on the gurney, as well as refusals to provide information regarding ongoing litigation or steps in the execution process violates the Eighth Amendment.

2. Whether, based on this unique and acute context where there can be no enforcement of the relief sought without the presence of counsel, Mr. Mills is entitled to the presence of counsel and access to courts pursuant to the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Alabama's execution process violates the Eighth Amendment

Docket Entries

2024-05-30
Brief of respondent John Hamm, Commissioner, et al. in opposition filed.
2024-05-30
Application (23A1065) referred to the Court.
2024-05-30
Application (23A1065) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2024-05-30
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-30
Reply of Jamie Mills submitted.
2024-05-30
Reply of petitioner Jamie Mills filed.
2024-05-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 28, 2024)
2024-05-29
Application (23A1065) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

John Hamm, Commissioner, et al.
Lauren Ashley SimpsonOffice of the Attorney General State of Alabama, Respondent