No. 24-6427
Jose Paz Medina-Cantu v. United States
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution gun-rights historical-analysis second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment FourthAmendment Immigration
SecondAmendment FourthAmendment Immigration
Latest Conference:
2025-02-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether courts must conduct a historical analysis to decide a Second Amendment challenge to a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) and whether the government's prosecution violates the Second Amendment
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
1. Whether courts must conduct a historical analysis to decide a Second Amendment challenge to a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) . 2. Whether the government’s prosecution of petitioner under § 922(g)(5) violates the Second Amendment.
Docket Entries
2025-03-03
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
2025-02-06
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 3, 2025)
2024-12-19
Application (24A600) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 28, 2025.
2024-12-16
Application (24A600) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 29, 2024 to January 29, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Jose Paz Medina-Cantu
Kathryn Shephard — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent