UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Petitioner
- Kenneth Karas
- 7:21-cv-07783
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Petitioner, Judge Karas entered judgment dismissing the petition with prejudice and denied a certificate of appealability.
Petitioner, whose petition was dismissed with prejudice, whose request for a certificate of appealability was denied, and whose case was closed.
What happened
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Petitioner concerns a petition filed in the Southern District of New York. The judgment relied on the court’s September 29, 2025, order, which is not included here.
The court dismissed the petition with prejudice, meaning the judgment bars refiling the same petition. It also declined to issue a certificate of appealability and stated that an appeal on the merits would not be taken in good faith. The case was closed.
Judge Kenneth Karas entered the judgment described here. The available text does not explain the underlying reasons for dismissing the petition.
The detailed version
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Petitioner · No. 7:21-cv-07783
- Kenneth Karas
- Sept. 30, 2025
What the judgment says
The judgment states that, for the reasons given in the Court’s September 29, 2025, order, the petition was dismissed with prejudice. The September 29 order is not included in the provided text, so the judgment itself does not identify the petition’s claims or explain the basis for dismissal.
Appeal-related rulings
The court stated that Petitioner had not made a substantial showing that a constitutional right was denied. Based on that conclusion, the court did not issue a certificate of appealability, which is a required authorization for certain appeals from federal 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. The case was closed.
Disposition
The petition was dismissed with prejudice. The available judgment does not provide enough information to determine whether the underlying September 29 order resolved the petition on its merits or on a threshold ground; this summary therefore describes only the judgment’s stated actions.
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