Legal Opinion
Young v. Gutierrez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2018No. 18-70023PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Christopher Young was sentenced to death by a Texas jury for the murder of Hasmukh Patel. That sentence is scheduled to be carried out by the State of Texas on July 17, 2018.
After a series of unsuccessful state and federal habeas corpus challenges1 and upon being denied clemency, Young filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. He contends that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles' decision not to recommend commutation to the Governor violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Young requests a stay of his execution until he can conduct discovery to find evidence supporting that…
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