Kuntz v. New York State Senate

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

William Kuntz, III, pro se, appeals from Chief Judge McAvoy’s decision granting appellees’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing Kuntz’s complaint. Kuntz was an independent candidate for the United States House of Representatives from the 24th Congressional District of New York in the 1992 election. Kuntz alleges that New York Election Law Sections 6-136(2)(g) and 6-142(2)(e) violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by requiring a larger number of nominating petition signatures from independent congressional candidates than from…