Bourgeois v. Watson
Petition for certiorari denied on December 11, 2020
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Issue: (1) Whether the Federal Death Penalty Act, which provides that a "sentence of death shall not be carried out upon a person who is mentally retarded," prohibits the government from executing a federal prisoner who is intellectually disabled under current legal and diagnostic standards; and (2) if so, whether 28 U.S.C. § 2241 provides a remedy for such a prisoner when a court had previously denied his claim using now-rejected judge-made criteria, instead of clinically accepted diagnostic standards.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Justices allow execution of Alfred Bourgeois to proceed (Kalvis Golde, December 12, 2020)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 12/02/2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 4, 2021) |
| 12/03/2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Constitution Project filed. |
| 12/03/2020 | Application (20A104) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Barrett. |
| 12/04/2020 | Brief of respondents T. J. Watson, Warden, et al. in opposition filed. |
| 12/07/2020 | Reply of petitioner Alfred Bourgeois filed. |
| 12/11/2020 | Application (20A104) referred to the Court. |
| 12/11/2020 | Petition DENIED. |
| 12/11/2020 | Application (20A104) denied by the Court. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari and application for stay. (Detached opinion) |