No. 24-6061

Chadwick Smith v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure fifth-circuit-review firearms-conviction plain-error-review second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that petitioner's argument challenging his federal firearms-related conviction under the Second Amendment could not survive plain error review after recent Supreme Court Second Amendment holdings

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented for Review Did the Fifth Circuit err in holding that petitioner’s argument that his federal firearms-related conviction violated the Second Amendment, both on its face and as applied to him, could not survive plain error review, even after recent Second Amendment holdings from this Court that substantially altered this area of law? 1

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-12
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 2, 2025)

Attorneys

Chadwick Smith
Gregory Don Sherwood — Petitioner
Gregory Don Sherwood — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent