Legal Opinion
Beets v. Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 24, 2000No. 00-50133PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
Before us are a notice of appeal and brief on appeal by death-sentenced petitioner Betty Lou Beets, who seeks review of the district court’s refusal to stay her execution presently scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on February 24, 2000. We agree with the district court’s determination that it had no authority to stay an execution in a § 1983 case, and we therefore affirm.
Some anomalies in the filings before this court should be noted. First, petitioner has not formally moved for a stay of execution and attempted to support her motion with citation to applicable authority. Because the final clause of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gomez v. United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Faulder v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Moody v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Martinez v. Texas Court of Criminal AppealsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Graves v. CockrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Young v. GutierrezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
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