Supreme Court of the United States

Christopher Lee Price v. Jefferson S. Dunn

May 30, 2019139 S. Ct. 1794

Summary

The Supreme Court denied Christopher Lee Price's petition for a stay of execution, allowing the state to proceed with lethal injection. Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, dissented, arguing that the Eighth Amendment claim of severe pain merits a stay and that the state had not shown undue delay in selecting an alternative method.