No. 21-1122
Geoffrey M. Young v. Amy McGrath
Response Waived
Tags: ballot-challenge civil-procedure due-process election-law mootness mootness-doctrine procedural-due-process standing state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation trial-court-dismissal
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Latest Conference:
2022-03-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. May any trial court in Kentucky dismiss a ballot challenge for failure to state a claim without ever having construed it in the light most favorable to the movant?
2) May a circuit court dismiss a ballot challenge on the grounds of mootness after letting it sit until the general election has taken place?
3) May the Kentucky Court of Appeals ever refuse to consider and adjudicate a motion to set aside that was filed pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 118.176(4)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
May a trial court dismiss a ballot challenge without construing it favorably to the movant?
Docket Entries
2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent Amy McGrath to respond filed.
2022-01-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 16, 2022)
Attorneys
Amy McGrath
Kathleen C. Tranter — Dressman Benzinger LaVelle psc, Respondent
Geoffrey M. Young
Geoffrey M. Young — Petitioner