Flores v. United States of America
Ambiorix Duval Flores v. United States of America; United States of America v. Ambiorix Duval Flores
- Kenneth Karas
- 7:22-cv-04040
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Flores v. United States, Judge Karas dismissed Flores’s petition with prejudice and declined to issue a certificate of appealability.
Ambiorix Duval Flores’s petition in Case No. 22-CV-4040 was dismissed with prejudice, judgment was entered for the United States, and the civil case was closed. The provided judgment does not state a disposition of the separately captioned criminal case.
What happened
In Ambiorix Duval Flores v. United States of America, the judgment concerns Flores’s petition in Case No. 22-CV-4040. The judgment also lists the related criminal case, Case No. 21-CR-66, but does not state that case’s disposition.
The court dismissed the petition with prejudice, meaning the judgment bars refiling the same petition. It entered judgment for the United States, closed Case No. 22-CV-4040, declined to issue a certificate of appealability, and certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith for purposes of proceeding without paying filing fees.
Judge Kenneth Karas’s underlying Opinion and Order is not included in the provided text, so the stated reasons for dismissing the petition and whether the court reached the petition’s merits cannot be determined here.
The detailed version
- Flores v. United States of America · No. 7:22-cv-04040
- Kenneth Karas
- Sept. 30, 2025
Background
Ambiorix Duval Flores is identified as the petitioner in Case No. 22-CV-4040 and as the defendant in the criminal case listed as Case No. 21-CR-66. The provided document is a judgment that refers to an Opinion and Order dated September 30, 2025, but that Opinion and Order is not included.
Ruling
The court ordered that the petition be dismissed with prejudice. It entered judgment for the United States and closed Case No. 22-CV-4040. The court also stated that Flores had not made a substantial showing that a constitutional right was denied, so it would not issue a certificate of appealability, which is a document required for certain appeals involving a federal post-conviction petition.
The court further 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. The provided judgment does not explain the claims, arguments, or legal basis addressed in the underlying Opinion and Order. It therefore does not establish whether the dismissal followed a merits decision or a threshold ruling.
Effect
The petition is dismissed with prejudice, and the civil case is closed. The judgment does not state a disposition of the separately captioned criminal case, United States of America v. Ambiorix Duval Flores, No. 21-CR-66. Judge Kenneth Karas is identified in the supplied case information, while the judgment itself is signed by the court clerk’s office.
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