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
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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. 2

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
Ken Smith — Petitioner