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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
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Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied

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)