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Carl G. Lindsey v. Ohio
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Ohio, Brown County, No. CA2024-01-001 · judgment November 4, 2024
Question presented
Does the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments, and the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantees of Due Process and Equal Protection, bar the execution of individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), when their cognitive impairments and functional limitations mirror those of individuals with intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virigina?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Carol A. Wright
Carol A. Wright, Attorney at Law
For respondent
Mathura Jaya Sridharan
Ohio Attorney General's Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
24A1268
Order
Order list, January 12, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 17 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 12 2025Reply of petitioner Carl Lindsey filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 02 2025Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
- Sep 23 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2025.
- Sep 22 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 3, 2025 to December 2, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 3, 2025)
- Jun 23 2025Application (24A1268) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until August 29, 2025.
- Jun 18 2025Application (24A1268) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 30, 2025 to August 29, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.