Hall v. Watson
Petition for certiorari denied on November 19, 2020
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Issue: Whether (1) 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) permits use of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 as a vehicle to present new evidence that a federal death sentence is tainted by racial discrimination when 28 U.S.C. § 2255 otherwise provides no avenue to present such evidence for consideration; and (2) whether executing a Black prisoner whose conviction and death sentence were procured through intentional race discrimination constitutes a fundamental miscarriage of justice, which overrides any procedural limitation on raising a Batson claim for review in federal court.
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Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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11/19/2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 21, 2020) |
11/19/2020 | Application (20A101) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. |
11/19/2020 | Brief of respondent T. J. Watson, Warden in opposition filed. |
11/19/2020 | Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. filed. |
11/19/2020 | Reply of petitioner Orlando C. Hall filed. |
11/19/2020 | Application (20A101) referred to the Court. |
11/19/2020 | Application (20A101) denied by the Court. |
11/19/2020 | Petition DENIED. |