No. 18-5363
Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States
Tags: commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the past, however remote, and however disconnected from the defendant's possession thereof
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the past, however remote, and however disconnected from the defendant’s possession thereof? ii PARTIES Reynaldo Rendon is the petitioner; he was the defendant-appellant below. The United States of America is the respondent; it was the plaintiff-appellee below. iii
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 27, 2018)
Attorneys
Reynaldo Rendon, Jr.
Christopher A. Curtis — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Christopher A. Curtis — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent