No. 24A1279

Richard Jordan v. Mississippi State Executioner, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-25
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: alternative-method chemical-paralytic eighth-amendment execution-protocol lethal-injection midazolam
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the use of a three-drug lethal injection protocol that includes midazolam, a chemical paralytic, and potassium chloride when a single-drug pentobarbital alternative is available

Docket Entries

2025-06-25
Reply of Richard Jordan in support of application submitted.
2025-06-25
Application (24A1279) referred to the Court.
2025-06-25
Application (24A1279) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-06-25
Reply of applicant Richard Jordan filed.
2025-06-24
Application (24A1279) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Richard Jordan
James William CraigRoderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Petitioner