No. 20-812
Lisa M. Folajtar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al.
Amici (5)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felons felony-prohibition firearm-possession nonviolent-crimes second-amendment self-defense tax-fraud
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
SecondAmendment FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2021-04-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently prohibits nearly all felons—even those convicted of nonviolent crimes—from possessing firearms for selfdefense, violates the Second Amendment, as applied to an individual convicted of willfully making a materially false statement on her tax returns.
Docket Entries
2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-30
Reply of petitioner Lisa Folajtar filed. (Distributed)
2021-03-17
Brief of respondents Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-03-12
Brief amicus curiae of Neal Goldfarb filed.
2021-01-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 17, 2021.
2021-01-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2021 to March 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-01-14
Brief amicus curiae of The American Constitutional Rights Union filed.
2021-01-14
Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
2021-01-14
Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms filed.
2021-01-12
Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Foundation, California Gun Rights Foundation, Second Amendment Foundation, and Madison Society Foundation filed.
2020-12-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 16, 2021. See Rule 30.1.
2020-12-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 14, 2021 to February 15, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-12-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2021)
Attorneys
Firearms Policy Foundation, California Gun Rights Foundation, Second Amendment Foundation, and Madison Society Foundation
David T. Hardy — Amicus
David T. Hardy — Amicus
Lisa Folajtar
David H. Thompson — Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Petitioner
David H. Thompson — Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Petitioner
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al.
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms
The American Constitutional Rights Union
John Joseph Park Jr. — Law Offices of Jack Park, Amicus
John Joseph Park Jr. — Law Offices of Jack Park, Amicus