| 24-6159 |
Kevin Underwood v. Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-12-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
arbitrary-action clemency-proceedings constitutional-rights due-process procedural-fairness state-law |
Whether the due process clause provides any protection for petitioners in state clemency proceedings that are explicitly required by state law. |
| 24-5561 |
Marcellus Williams v. Missouri, ex rel. Michael L. Parson, Governor of Missouri, et al. |
Missouri |
2024-09-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment clemency-proceedings constitutional-rights due-process executive-discretion state-procedure |
The former Governor of Missouri granted Marcellus Williams an eleventh-hour
stay of execution. By executive order, the Governor formed a special Board… |
| 23-5667 |
Michael Duane Zack v. Ron Desantis, Governor of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-defendant capital-punishment clemency clemency-proceedings due-process executive-discretion meaningful-access notice notice-requirements procedural-fairness unenforceable-rules |
1. Whether the right to minimal Due Process required in clemency proceedings is satisfied when the governing rules are unenforceable, subject to chang… |
| 23A276 |
Michael Duane Zack v. Ron Desantis, Governor of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-28 |
Denied |
|
clemency-proceedings death-penalty due-process executive-clemency fetal-alcohol-syndrome intellectual-disability |
Question not identified. |
| 19-8792 |
John Hummel v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-U.S.C.-3599 clemency clemency-proceedings death-penalty discretionary-review expert-assistance expert-services legal-representation reasonably-necessary statutory-funding unusual-character-or-duration |
When the appointed attorney for a death-sentenced inmate shows that expert services have likely utility—and are of unusual character or duration—but c… |
| 19-5651 |
Gary Ray Bowles v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3599 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-enforcement clemency clemency-proceedings death-penalty due-process federal-counsel federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus intellectual-disability right-to-counsel section-3599 |
Can state officials bar a death-sentenced individual's 18 U.S.C. § 3599 counsel from representing him in state clemency proceedings, and if not, is th… |
| 24A590 |
Kevin Underwood v. Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
|
Denied |
|
clemency-proceedings death-row due-process fourteenth-amendment life-interest state-law |
Whether the due process clause provides any protection for petitioners in state clemency proceedings that are explicitly required by state law. |