Gary Ray Bowles v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief Judge:
Gary Ray Bowles is a Florida death row inmate scheduled to be executed on August 22, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. On August 14, 2019 he filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He claimed that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the State from executing him because he is intellectually disabled. The district court dismissed the petition for lack of jurisdiction because it is Bowles' second § 2254 petition and he did not obtain this Court's authorization before filing it. On August 19, 2019, four days before…
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