This thread from @chrisgeidner about the scheduled federal execution of Wesley Purkey this evening is going to continue here at @Justice_Collab for now due to the current Twitter issues.
The second scheduled federal execution this week, Purkey's execution is currently on hold by two different district court injunctions. DOJ is appealing both to both the DC Circuit and the Supreme Court. Another appeal is pending from Purkey's lawyers at the Supreme Court.
For more on the first federal execution, which was supposed to take place on Monday but instead was carried out by DOJ on Tuesday morning, see @laurenk_gill's report about Daniel Lee's execution: theappeal.org/u-s-government…
Still no word from the DC Circuit or #SCOTUS on the various pending stay motions in Wesley Purkey’s case. His scheduled execution is currently on hold by two DC district court orders, DOJ is asking to proceed, Purkey’s lawyers are asking for a stay of execution on other grounds.
BREAKING: DC Circuit DENIES DOJ request to stay one of the district court's injunctions preventing Wesley Purkey's execution. 
Here is the full DC Circuit order, which keeps Purkey's scheduled execution on hold: scribd.com/document/46929…
The ruling is the case in which Purkey's lawyers have raised a competency claim, arguing that he is not competent to be executed. DC Cir tonight ruled that the government did not meet its burden to put the district court's injunction on hold and allow the execution to proceed.
Another cert petition and stay application have been filed at #SCOTUS in Wesley Purkey’s case, this one by Purkey’s lawyers. The docket nos. are 20-26 and 20A12. It addresses:
We’re now past midnight. The injunctions remain in place preventing DOJ from executing Wesley Purkey, but we are yet to hear from #SCOTUS on the requests still pending with the justices (from DOJ to proceed and from Purkey’s lawyers for a stay of execution on other grounds).
Here’s the @AP reporter on site at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where the execution of Wesley Purkey was scheduled for Wednesday, but remains on hold as we approach 1am:
It’s past 2a now, still with no word from #SCOTUS. The orders for Monday’s scheduled execution came around now, a little past 2a Tuesday, for a frame a reference.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court, in another 5-4 overnight vote, will allow the federal execution of Wesley Purkey to proceed — overturning multiple lower court orders halting the execution for multiple reasons.
All other requests were resolved against Purkey with no noted dissents.
The federal government executed Wesley Purkey about 8am, after an overnight 5-4 vote of the Supreme Court allowing the execution to proceed. From a media witness:
