No. 19-8064October Term 2019Decided May 18, 2020
Docket 19-8064October Term 2019 (2019–2020)
Weeks v. Payne
Weeks v.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 18, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 18, 2020
- What it's about
Weeks v. Payne is a case appealed from the Supreme Court of Missouri to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the petitioner filed for a writ of certiorari and requested to proceed in forma pauperis.
Question presented
Whether the Eleventh Circuit’s decision—that the Alabama Supreme Court’s determination that Petitioner was not intellectually disabled was not based on an unreasonable determination of the facts—is contrary to this Court’s decisions in Moore v. Texas, 137 S. Ct. 1039 (2017) (Moore I), and Moore v. Texas, 139 S. Ct. 666 (2019) (Moore II)?
- Case path
Supreme Court of Missouri / Decision released May 18, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
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