atkins-ruling
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-7151 | Zane Michael Floyd v. Jeremy Bean, Warden, et al. | Nevada | 2025-05-06 | Denied | IFP | atkins-ruling capital-punishment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment intellectual-disability medical-consensus | Whether, given this medical consensus, the original meaning of the Eighth Amendment, and this Court's rulings in Atkins and Roper, a state may constit… |
| 19-7369 | David Keen v. Tennessee | Tennessee | 2020-01-22 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | atkins-ruling atkins-v-virginia constitutional-mandate cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability judicial-abdication legislative-inaction standing | Does the Constitution permit Tennessee to evade the mandate of Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002) by legislative inaction and judicial abdication… |