This is from the motion to vacate the stay, as I predicted:
"This Court has in the past summarily vacated stays of
execution when a lower court “enjoined [the] execution without
finding that [the prisoner] has a significant possibility of
success on the merits.” Dunn v. McNabb, 138 S. Ct. 369, 369
(2017). Such intervention is, if anything, especially warranted
here, where the court of appeals correctly recognized that
respondent cannot succeed on his claims, and gave no indication
that it believes either the en banc court of appeals or this Court
will grant discretionary review to reverse the denial of
respondent’s habeas application -- and yet ordered a stay
nonetheless. A last-minute stay in these circumstances is directly
contrary to the strict limitations that Congress imposed on
collateral review of federal criminal convictions, and this Court
should not allow it to remain in place."
http://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPD...0of%20stay.pdf
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