Emergency application · Capital case
Lethal injection procedures
Andrew Richard Lukehart v. Florida
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on June 1, 2026 and refused to halt the execution.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Andrew Richard Lukehart, a Florida prisoner under a death sentence, asked the Court to pause his scheduled June 2 execution. He also asked the Court to review a Florida Supreme Court ruling that denied his post-warrant claims. He says those claims raise constitutional questions about Florida's lethal-injection procedures, cruel punishment, and due process.
What the Court did
The Court refused to pause Lukehart’s execution and denied his stay request (request for a temporary pause). It also refused to hear his case, denying his petition for certiorari (request for Supreme Court review). The Court did not publish how the justices voted.
What it means
This order does not pause the scheduled execution, but it does not decide the constitutional questions Lukehart raised. The Florida Supreme Court's ruling remains in place; no related case on the main question or argument is listed.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1332. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.