No. 24-120

David Schieferle v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 2nd-amendment atf-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-silencer national-firearms-act second-amendment self-defense silencers
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SecondAmendment CriminalProcedure Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether items such as inline fuel filters and firearms solvent traps can qualify as 'firearms silencers' or 'firearm mufflers' under the National Firearms Act when the items are not marketed as silencers and have not actually been used to silence or muffle a firearm?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether items such as inline fuel filters and firearms solvent traps, which might be able to function to muffle or silence the report of a firearm, can qualify as “firearms silencers” or “firearm mufflers” under the National Firearms Act when the items are not marketed as silencers and have not actually been used to silence or muffle a firearm? I. Whether the Second Amendment prohibits any laws that foreclose law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from possessing items that serve as firearm mufflers or silencers? ii

Docket Entries

2024-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
2024-11-04
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-09-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 4, 2024.
2024-09-12
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2024-09-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 3, 2024 to November 4, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-08-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 3, 2024.
2024-08-27
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2024-08-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 3, 2024 to October 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-07-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 3, 2024)

Attorneys

David Schieferle
Bjorn Erik BrunvandBrunvand and Wise Law Group, Petitioner
Bjorn Erik BrunvandBrunvand and Wise Law Group, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent