Hamm v. Smith

Petition for certiorari denied on May 15, 2023

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-580	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2022

Issue: Whether, in an Eighth Amendment method-of-execution case, an alternative method of execution is feasible and readily implemented merely because the executing state has statutorily authorized the method.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/20/2022	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 23, 2023)
01/23/2023	Brief of respondent Kenneth Eugene Smith in opposition filed.
02/06/2023	Reply of petitioner John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections filed. (Distributed)
02/08/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
02/22/2023	Rescheduled.
02/27/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
03/01/2023	Rescheduled.
03/13/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
03/20/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
03/27/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
04/10/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
04/17/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
04/24/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
05/08/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
05/15/2023	Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Alito joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)