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Hirsh Singh v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey

Paid petition · Supreme Court of New Jersey, No. C-309 September Term 2020 · judgment October 27, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

i. Does the New Jersey Governor’s Executive Order taking over the powers of the state legislature to make election related laws and the primary election conducted according to this Executive Order violate the Due Process Clause and Elections Clause (Article 1, Section 4) of the United States Constitution? ii. Does the mail-in ballot system for the manner of voting created through an Executive Order of the Governor of New Jersey (and which is separate from the previously existing absentee ballot system] violate federal laws such as the Freedom of the Information Act when the newly created mailin ballot system is not subject to federal laws that govern the absentee ballot system?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Hirsh Singh

For respondent
Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum
Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 03 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Feb 01 2021
    Reply of petitioner Singh Hirsh filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jan 30 2021
    Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
  5. Jan 26 2021
    Brief of respondents Philip D. Murphy, et al. in opposition filed.
  6. Dec 31 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including January 26, 2021.
  7. Dec 23 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2021 to February 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Dec 07 2020
    Response Requested. (Due January 6, 2021)
  9. Nov 24 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
  10. Nov 09 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Philip D. Murphy, et al. to respond filed.
  11. Oct 29 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 4, 2020)
  12. Oct 29 2020
    Motion expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner Singh Hirsh.