No. 24-7130

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

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: circuit-precedent constitutional-standing judicial-review pre-challenge ripeness statutory-challenge
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

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.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Second Circuit's decisions conflict with prior circuit precedent concerning the ripeness of a pre-challenge to a statute, whether the Petitioner has standing to pre-challenge the statute's Constitutionality, and whether the Court should review the potential injury caused by the statute

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2024-12-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 4, 2025)

Attorneys

Ken Smith
Ken Smith — Petitioner