No. 20-6249

Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop tool designed to test legal automatic bolts?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop tool designed to test legal automatic bolts? 2. Who interprets an ambiguous section of a federal statute that results in a criminal conviction and penalties, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives or the courts? i

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Thomas Kuzma
Rosemary Ann GordonLaw Office of Rosemary Gordon Panuco, Petitioner
Rosemary Ann GordonLaw Office of Rosemary Gordon Panuco, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent