White v. Livingston

Decision Date03 November 2005
Docket NumberNo. 05A390.,05A390.
Citation126 S. Ct. 601,546 U.S. 1000,163 L. Ed. 2d 502
PartiesWHITE <I>v.</I> LIVINGSTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ET AL.
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to JUSTICE SCALIA, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

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  • Brown v. Livingston, 06-70032.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • 19 Julio 2006
    ... ... The district court properly applied our precedent ...         This Court has held that "[a] challenge to a method of execution may be filed any time after the plaintiff's conviction has become final on direct review." Neville v. Johnson, 440 F.3d 221, 222-23 (5th Cir.) (citing White v. Johnson, 429 F.3d 572, 574 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 126 S.Ct. 601, 163 L.Ed.2d 502 (2005)), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 126 S.Ct. 1192, 163 L.Ed.2d 1146 (2006). Further, we have made clear that waiting to file such a challenge just days before a scheduled execution constitutes ... ...
  • Steckel v. Delaware
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • 3 Noviembre 2005

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