Emergency application · Capital case
Racial bias in jury selection
James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on April 30, 2026 and refused to halt the execution.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
James Garfield Broadnax, a Texas prisoner under a death sentence, asked the Supreme Court to pause his execution. His filing said the execution was scheduled for April 30, 2026. He also sought Supreme Court review of his Texas criminal case. The record does not identify the issue he wanted reviewed. It names County Court at Law No. 2 in Collin County, Texas, but does not include that court’s ruling.
What the Court did
The Court refused emergency help and did not pause Broadnax’s execution. It denied (refused) his request for a stay (temporary pause) and his petition for certiorari (request for Supreme Court review). The order does not decide the underlying claims, and the Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
The refusal of emergency relief does not decide the underlying claims in Broadnax’s criminal case. The record gives no information about further proceedings in County Court at Law No. 2 in Collin County, Texas. No related merits case is listed, and no argument was set.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1158. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.