No. 24-6507

Deonta Lowe v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent law-abiding-citizens second-amendment supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-03-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether convicted felons have Second Amendment rights based on Supreme Court precedent interpreting 'the people' and 'law-abiding citizens'

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights , in light of this Court’s interpretation of “the people” in District of Columbia v. Heller , 554 U.S. 570, 59295 (2008) , its references to the Second Amendment rights of “law -abiding citizens” in Heller, 554 U.S. at 625, 635, and in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1, 29-31 (2022) , and its dicta regarding the presumptive lawfulness of “longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons” in Heller , 554 U.S. at 627-628, n.26, and in McDonald v. Chicago , 561 U.S. 742 , 786 (2010) ? ii INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(i), Mr. Lowe submits that there are no

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-11
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 10, 2025)

Attorneys

Deonta Lowe
Jonathan DodsonFederal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner
Jonathan DodsonFederal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent