No. 24-6625

Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-06-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment for individuals with nonviolent criminal convictions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of “a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year” from possessing a firearm, violates the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to individuals with convictions for nonviolent offenses.

Docket Entries

2025-06-23
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
2025-05-30
Reply of Ronnie Diaz, Jr. submitted.
2025-05-30
Reply of petitioner Ronnie Diaz, Jr., filed.
2025-05-22
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2025-04-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 27, 2025. See Rule 30.1.
2025-04-18
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-04-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 25, 2025 to May 26, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-03-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 25, 2025.
2025-03-26
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-03-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 26, 2025 to April 25, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-02-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 26, 2025)
2024-12-20
Application (24A611) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 22, 2025.
2024-12-17
Application (24A611) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 23, 2025 to March 24, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Ronnie Diaz, Jr.
Carl Richard HenniesFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent