No. 23-7288

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit

Docketed: 2024-04-22

Status: Denied

Type: IFP

Response WaivedIFP

Tags: 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation

Latest Conference: 2024-05-23

Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year," 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), violates the Second Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm by any person who was previously convicted of 'a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year,' 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), violates the Second Amendment