Supreme Court of the United States
Humberto Leal Garcia, Aka Humberto Leal v. Texas. in Re Humberto Leal Garcia, Humberto Leal Garcia v. Rick Thaler…
July 7, 2011180 L. Ed. 2d 872
Summary
The Court denied a stay of execution and habeas petition, holding that Medellin v. Texas precluded enforcement of the ICJ's Avena decision as domestic law. It rejected due process claims regarding unenacted legislation and declined to stay execution based on proposed congressional action. Justice Breyer dissented, arguing the Court should wait on the Executive Branch's request and pending legislation.