No. 24-5560

Adam Sanchez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-10-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment and whether conviction for possessing a firearm that has previously crossed state lines is permissible

Question Presented (from Petition)

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

Docket Entries

2024-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 18, 2024)

Attorneys

Adam Sanchez
Christy Posnett MartinFederal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
Christy Posnett MartinFederal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent