No. 25A136
Byron Black v. Frank Strada, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Corrections, et al.
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment execution-protocol implanted-cardioverter-defibrillator irreparable-harm lethal-injection
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Question Presented (from Petition)
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits a state from executing a prisoner without deactivating an implanted cardioverter defibrillator that will cause painful shocks during the execution, thereby subjecting the prisoner to cruel and unusual punishment
Docket Entries
2025-08-04
Application (25A136) referred to the Court.
2025-08-04
Application (25A136) 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
Reply of Byron Black in support of application submitted.
2025-08-01
Application (25A136) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Byron Black
Kelley Jane Henry — Federal Public Defender, Middle Dist TN, Petitioner