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Geoffrey Young v. Amy McGrath

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Kentucky, No. 2019-CA-000590-MR · judgment July 11, 2019

Certiorari denied · June 15, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Whether Kentucky's Judicial Department unlawfully enabled the names of Amy McGrath and Andy Beshear, who were shown by a preponderance of the evidence not to have been bona fide candidates, to appear on general election ballots in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Whether Kentucky's Judicial Department has nullified the ballot challenge statute, Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 118.176, in violation of Section 15 of the Kentucky Constitution.
Whether the Kentucky Democratic Party (“KDP”), party elites, and candidates may conspire to rig their own primaries in violation of KRS 118.105
and Section 6 of the Kentucky Constitution.

For petitioner
Geoffrey M. Young

For respondent
Bailey Roese
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Jun 15 2020
Petition DENIED.
May 26 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
May 21 2020
Waiver of right of respondents Amy McGrath, et al. to respond filed.
May 06 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 15, 2020)