No. 24-5376

Donald Davis Gipson v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession based on interstate travel and whether such statute is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L 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? I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? i

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-09-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-09-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 23, 2024)

Attorneys

Donald Gipson
Adam Ryan NicholsonOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Adam Ryan NicholsonOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent