Legal Opinion
Bedford v. Bobby
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 18, 2011No. 11-3526PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Daniel Lee Bedford is scheduled to be executed tomorrow, May 17, 2011. Earlier today, the district court granted Bedford’s motion for a stay (filed last Friday) to give Bedford additional time to prove that he is incompetent to be executed, see Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399, 106 S.Ct. 2595, 91 L.Ed.2d 335 (1986), and additional time to obtain review of the state trial court’s Ford ruling against him. We grant the State’s motion to vacate the district court’s stay for two reasons: Bedford waited too long to file his Ford claim, and he has no chance of success on the merits of his…
3Cases cited15 opinions
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- Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Panetti v. QuartermanSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Nelson v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Lonchar v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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