Ramirez v. Collier

Ramirez v. Collier (Docket 21–5592) is a pending United States Supreme Court case related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

Ramirez v. Collier
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 9, 2021
Full case nameJohn H. Ramirez v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al.
Docket no.21-5592
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett

Background

John Ramirez murdered Pablo Castro in 2004 and was convicted of murder and sentenced to death soon thereafter.

Ramirez was originally scheduled to be executed in September 2020. That warrant was withdrawn.

In 2021, Ramirez filed suit to challenge the Texas execution protocol under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, seeking to have his minister be allowed to lay hands on his body and audibly pray during the execution process. The district court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit both denied stays of execution, the latter over the dissent of Judge James L. Dennis. Ramirez then filed a petition for a writ of certiorari.[1]

Supreme Court

The Supreme Court stayed Ramirez's execution shortly before it was scheduled to occur on September 8, 2021 and granted his petition for a writ of certiorari. Oral arguments were held on November 9, 2021.

References
  1. Howe, Amy (September 8, 2021). "Court blocks execution, will weigh in on inmate's religious-liberty claims". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
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