No. 24-5229
Justin Levar Taylor v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the statute that prohibits firearm possession by any person who was previously convicted of “a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year’—-violates the Second Amendment. (2) Whether application of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) to petitioner violated the Commerce Clause where the only proof of a nexus between his firearm possession and interstate commerce consisted of the fact that the firearm had crossed a state line at some point before coming into petitioner’s possession. ii
Docket Entries
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-08
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2024)
Attorneys
Justin Taylor
Evan Gray Howze — Office of the Federal Public Defender, SDTX, Petitioner
Evan Gray Howze — Office of the Federal Public Defender, SDTX, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent