No. 24-6102

Cleate Wilson v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior criminal convictions violates the Second Amendment and exceeds Congressional Commerce Clause authority

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, violates the Second Amendment. Il. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional as applied to Mr. Wilson’s intrastate possession of a firearm. i

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-10
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2024-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2025)

Attorneys

Cleate Wilson
Meghan CollinsOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Meghan CollinsOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent