No. 24-5229

Justin Levar Taylor v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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 HowzeOffice of the Federal Public Defender, SDTX, Petitioner
Evan Gray HowzeOffice of the Federal Public Defender, SDTX, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent