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Ken Smith v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 24-575 · judgment October 31, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Question presented

1: Whether the Second Circuit's decisions conflict with every other decision the Second Circuit has previously addressed concerning the ripeness to a pre-challenge of a statute. 2: Whether this Petitioner has standing to pre-challenge this statute's Constitutionality. 3: Whether this Court should grant a review to clarify if this statute in fact causes injury to this Petitioner and all other similarly situated offenders.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ken Smith

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 18 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Dec 27 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 4, 2025)