No. 18-7352

Giovanni Ellis v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional as applied to the intrastate possession of a firearm and ammunition?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional as applied to the intrastate possession of a firearm and ammunition? i

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Giovanni Ellis
Lynn Palmer BaileyFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent