No. 25-5262

Byron Lewis Black v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: aedpa competency-to-be-executed ford-claim habeas-corpus mental-functioning second-or-successive-petition
Key Terms:
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Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a competency to be executed claim based upon common law "idiocy" that presents a petitioner's current mental functioning and supported by recent and debilitating brain defects constitute a second or successive habeas petition?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a competency to be executed claim based upon common law 'idiocy' that presents a petitioner's current mental functioning and supported by recent and debilitating brain defects constitute a second or successive habeas petition?

Docket Entries

2025-08-04
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-04
Application (25A137) referred to the Court.
2025-08-04
Application (25A137) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-08-03
Brief of respondent Tennessee in opposition filed.
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2025-08-03
Reply of Byron Black submitted.
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2025-08-03
Reply of petitioner Byron Black filed.
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2025-08-01
Application (25A137) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
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2025-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
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Attorneys

Byron Black
Kelley Jane Henry — Federal Public Defender, MDTN, Petitioner
State of Tennessee
John Henry Bledsoe III — Office of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent