No. 23A276

Michael Duane Zack v. Ron Desantis, Governor of Florida, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-28
Status: Denied
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: clemency-proceedings death-penalty due-process executive-clemency fetal-alcohol-syndrome intellectual-disability
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause requires that death-sentenced individuals have meaningful access to executive clemency proceedings that afford an opportunity to present newly discovered evidence of disability that would render them ineligible for execution under the Eighth Amendment

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Application (23A276) referred to the Court.
2023-10-02
Application (23A276) 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.
2023-10-02
Reply of applicant Michael Zack filed.
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2023-09-30
Response to application from respondent Ron DeSantis, et al. filed.
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2023-09-28
Application (23A276) for stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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Attorneys

Michael Zack
Linda McDermott — Federal Defender for the Northern Dist of Florida, Petitioner
Ron DeSantis, et al.
Carla Suzanne Bechard — Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent