LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed a motion on Tuesday to dismiss death row inmate Jack Greene’s request to suspend his execution, claiming that the court has no jurisdiction to halt his impending execution.

Greene’s attorneys recently filed a motion in Jefferson County, asking for a hearing to determine whether Greene is legally competent enough to be executed. They argue that executing Greene would violate his Constitutional rights because of his diminished mental capacity.

Greene’s attorneys made the same argument at a clemency hearing earlier this month. Greene later spoke for himself, saying, “I am totally competent to be executed.”

In an official court document, Rutledge said Arkansas and federal courts have rejected the contention that Greene is mentally incompetent and “there is no reason for this court to reach a different conclusion.”

Further, Rutledge argued that Greene did not exhaust the administrative remedies that are mandatory for ADC inmates who seek to litigate such claims.

Rutledge stated that the federal courts and the Arkansas Supreme Court have rejected claims that it is unconstitutional to carry out a lawfully imposed sentence of death on the ground that the condemned has been confined on death row for decades.

In addition, the court document stated that Greene made his claim in 2011 and waited past the three year deadline to approach the court.