No. 23-5934

Walter Leonard Jenkins v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2023-12-08 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, and, if so, if it is facially unconstitutional?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, and, if so, if it is facially unconstitutional? Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? Subsidiary Question: Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pending United States v. Rahimi, 22-915, _U.S._, 2023 WL 4278450 (June 30, 2023)(granting cert.), given the government’s concession in Garland v. Range, No. 23374, that Rahimi presents “closely related Second Amendment issues” with respect to constitutional challenges to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), and justifies a decision to “hold the petition for a writ of certiorari” in Range “pending its decision Rahimi’, Government’s Petition for Certiorari in Garland v. Range, 23-374, at 7 (Filed October 5, 2023), available at , last visited October 20, 20283? i

Docket Entries

2023-12-11
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-01
Rescheduled.
2023-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
2023-11-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2023)

Attorneys

United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Walter Jenkins
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner