Bucklew v. Lombardi

Decision Date21 May 2014
Docket NumberNo. 13A1153.,13A1153.
CitationBucklew v. Lombardi, 134 S. Ct. 2333, 189 L.Ed.2d 206, 572 U. S. 1131 (2014)
Parties Russell BUCKLEW, applicant, v. George A. LOMBARDI, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections.
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice ALITO and by him referred to the Court treated as an application for stay pending appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.Application granted pending disposition of petitioner's appeal.We leave for...

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2 cases
  • Bucklew v. Precythe
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • April 1, 2019
    ...Bucklew's request, this Court agreed to stay his execution until the Eighth Circuit could hear his appeal. Bucklew v. Lombardi , 572 U.S. 1131, 134 S.Ct. 2333, 189 L.Ed.2d 206 (2014). Ultimately, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the facial challenge. Zink v. Lombardi , 783 F.3d ......
  • Maersk Drilling USA, Inc. v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • May 21, 2014
2 books & journal articles
  • RISKING SUFFERING: HOW BUCKLEW V. PRECYTHE WEAKENED EIGHTH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS.
    • United States
    • South Dakota Law Review Vol. 66 No. 2, June 2021
    • June 22, 2021
    ...Petitioner's Brief, supra note 10, at 6-7. (64.) Bucklew v. Lombardi, 783 F.3d 1120, 1124 (8th Cir. 2015). (65.) Bucklew v. Lombardi, 572 U.S. 1131, 1131 (66.) Zink v. Lombardi, 783 F.3d 1089, 1095-96, 1114 (8th Cir. 2015). (67.) Bucklew, 783 F.3d at 1127. (68.) Id. (69.) Id. (citing Baze v......
  • Risk of Choking to Death on One's Own Blood Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Bucklew v. Precythe.
    • United States
    • Missouri Law Review Vol. 85 No. 2, March 2020
    • March 22, 2020
    ...*5. (48.) Bucklew v. Lombardi, 565 F. App'x 562, 564 (8th Cir. 2014). (49.) Id. (50.) Id. (51.) Id. at 572-73. (52.) Bucklew v. Lombardi, 572 U.S. 1131 (53.) Bucklew v. Lombardi, 783 F.3d 1120, 1127 (8th Cir. 2015). (54.) Id. at 1128. (55.) Id. (56.) Bucklew v. Precythe, 883 F.3d 1087, 1089......