
    Russell BUCKLEW, petitioner, v. Anne L. PRECYTHE, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, et al.
    No. 17-8151 (17A911).
    Supreme Court of the United States
    March 20, 2018.
    Application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice GORSUCH and by him referred to the Court is granted pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
    THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Justice THOMAS, Justice ALITO, and Justice GORSUCH would deny the application for stay of execution.
     