No. 24-6606

Willie McCoy v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights convicted-felons criminal-law district-of-columbia-v-heller second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-03-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights in light of the Court's interpretation of 'the people' in District of Columbia v. Heller, and do 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) satisfy the Second Amendment in all of its applications?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. 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, 592-95 (2008) ? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) satisfy the Second Amendment in all of its applications ? ii INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(i) , Mr. McCoy submits that there are no

Docket Entries

2025-03-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-03-04
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 24, 2025)

Attorneys

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