Emergency application · Capital case
Pausing an execution
Thomas Lee Gudinas v. Florida
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on June 24, 2025 and refused to halt the execution.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Thomas Lee Gudinas, a Florida prisoner under a death sentence, asked the Supreme Court to pause his execution. He asked for a pause while the Court considered his request to review the Florida Supreme Court's decision refusing him relief. Gudinas says his petition raises Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment questions, but the application does not explain those questions.
What the Court did
The Supreme Court refused to pause Gudinas's execution and denied his request for a stay (a temporary pause). It also denied review (refused to hear his request to review the Florida Supreme Court's decision). The Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
The emergency request concerned a temporary pause, not a decision on Gudinas's constitutional claims; the Florida Supreme Court's denial of relief remains in place. The docket lists no related case on the main legal questions or argument date, and gives no information about further Florida court proceedings.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A1251. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.