Greenland v. United States of America
Ronald C. Greenland v. United States of America; United States of America v. Ronald C. Greenland
- Kenneth Karas
- 7:20-cv-08303
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Greenland v. United States: Judge Karas found a hearing unwarranted, dismissed the petitions with prejudice, declined to issue an appeal certificate, and entered judgment for the Government.
Ronald C. Greenland and the United States Government; the judgment also concerns the related criminal case against Greenland.
What happened
In Ronald C. Greenland v. United States of America and the related criminal case, the judgment addresses petitions filed by Ronald C. Greenland against the United States. The judgment does not state the petitions’ specific claims or the reasons presented in the Court’s separate opinion and order.
The Court found that a hearing was not warranted and dismissed the petitions with prejudice. It also stated that no Certificate of Appealability would be issued because Greenland had not made the required showing that a constitutional right was denied.
Judge Kenneth Karas’s judgment entered judgment for the Government in Case No. 20-CV-8303 and closed that case. The Court also certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith under the cited statute, although the judgment does not describe the underlying issues in detail.
The detailed version
- Greenland v. United States of America · No. 7:20-cv-08303
- Kenneth Karas
- Sept. 4, 2025
What the judgment concerns
The judgment covers two related matters: Ronald C. Greenland’s petition against the United States in Case No. 20-CV-8303 and the United States’ criminal case against Greenland in Case No. 17-CR-65. The judgment refers to the reasons stated in a separate Court Opinion and Order dated September 4, 2025, but those reasons are not included in the provided text.
Rulings
The Court concluded that a hearing was not warranted and dismissed the petitions with prejudice, meaning the judgment states that the petitions are dismissed in a manner that bars refiling them. The judgment does not identify the specific claims or explain whether the dismissal rested on the merits, a procedural ground, or another ground.
The Court stated that a Certificate of Appealability would not be issued because Greenland had not made a substantial showing that a constitutional right was denied. A Certificate of Appealability is a required court authorization for an appeal in certain federal post-conviction proceedings.
The Court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal from the judgment on the merits would not be taken in good faith. Finally, it entered judgment for the Government in Case No. 20-CV-8303 and stated that the case was closed.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.