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Geoffrey M. Young v. Morgan McGarvey

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Kentucky, No. 2024-SC-0462 · judgment January 27, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 20, 2025
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

  1. Should this Court allow Kentucky's state courts and federal district courts to dismiss meritorious civil complaints before discovery "for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted" without ever applying the standard of review this Court established in Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 US 544, 555-56 (2007)?

  2. Does any trial court in Kentucky have the discretion or power to change the wording of a dulyenacted statute for any reason?

  3. Does the Supreme Court of Kentucky have the authority to violate Kentucky's ballot challenge law, Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 118.176, by seizing jurisdiction over a ballot challenge case even though the statute clearly and expressly prohibits it? Section (4) of the statute states, "...and the order of

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Geoffrey M. Young

For respondent
Katherine Lacy Crosby
Tachau Meek PLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 20 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 01 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
  3. Sep 25 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Morgan McGarvey to respond filed.
  4. Jun 13 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2025)