Supreme Court of the United States, 2017

Dunn v. McNabb

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 19, 2017

138 S. Ct. 369; 199 L. Ed. 2d 274; 2017 WL 4698311 (Supreme Court Reporter)

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Jordan v. Fisher (District Court, S.D. Mississippi 2022)
Kealii Makekau v. State of Hawaii (9th Cir. 2019)
United States v. Corey Johnson (4th Cir. 2021)
United States v. Daniel Lewis Lee (8th Cir. 2020)
In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Execution Protocol Cases (District Court, District of Columbia 2020)

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Opinion of the Court

Application to vacate the injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on October 16, 2017, presented to Justice THOMAS and by him referred to the Court, is granted. "[I]nmates seeking time to challenge the manner in which the State plans to execute them must satisfy all of the requirements for a stay, including a showing of a significant possibility of success on the merits." Hill v. McDonough, 547 U.S. 573, 584, 126 S.Ct. 2096, 165 L.Ed.2d 44 (2016). The All Writs Act does not excuse a court from making these findings. Because the District Court enjoined respondent's execution without finding that he has a significant possibility of success on the merits, it abused its discretion. We accordingly vacate the injunction.

Justice BREYER and Justice SOTOMAYOR would deny the application to vacate the injunction.

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