No. 24-5854

Tabitha Ward v. New York Police Department Headquarters License Division

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2024-10-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: article-78-proceeding bruen-ruling constitutional-rights due-process firearms-license second-amendment
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

The Article 78 Proceeding decision was rendered based on willful false
statements submitted to the court by The New York Police Department
Headquarters License Division. After providing accurate and documented proof
taken from the Answer and Verified Exhibits rendering each allegation as
indeed false, should the Honorable Judge John J. Kelley have amended his
decision?

The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First
Judicial Department, denied the firearms license after receiving documented
proof taken from the Answer and Verified Exhibits that each willful false
statement submitted to The Article 78 Proceeding was indeed false! and The
Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial
Department, disregarded the federal stipulations of persons prohibited from
possessing firearms! and The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate
Division, First Judicial Department, blatantly ignored the Bruen Ruling
rendered by The Supreme Court of the United States in June 23, 2022, by
unanimously deciding with The Article 78 Proceeding denial. Did the Supreme
Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department,
deny my 2ndAmendment right without State or Federal legal cause?

The New York State Court of Appeals decided with The Article 78 Proceeding
and The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First
Judicial Department, without requiring documentation to support any of the
willful false statements from The New York Police Department Headquarters
License Division to include a criminal convictions record. The New York State
Court of Appeals disregarded the federal stipulations of persons prohibited from
possessing firearms, additionally The New York State Court of Appeals ignored
the Bruen Ruling rendered by The Supreme Court of the United States in June
23, 2022, and thereby repeating the unsubstantiated decisions of The Article 78
Proceeding and The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division,
First Judicial Department. Did the New York State Court of Appeals deny my
2nd Amendment right without State or Federal legal cause?

The Sixth Amendment provides that in all criminal prosecutions, the accused
shall enjoy the right to be confronted with the witnesses against him; the right
to confrontation includes the right of a military accused to cross-examine
adverse witnesses. Moral character accusations were listed in the denials and
dismissals of my firearms license application, the appeal, the Article 78
Proceeding, The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division,
First Judicial Department, and the New York State Court of Appeals! and
although the Sixth Amendment is limited to criminal prosecutions, should it
apply with moral character accusations in civil proceedings as it relates to the
violation(s) of other Constitution Amendments, such as the Second Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the New York State Court of Appeals and Appellate Division improperly deny a firearms license application by disregarding the Bruen ruling and federal firearm possession stipulations?

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2024)

Attorneys

Tabitha Ward
Tabitha Ward — Petitioner