No. 24-6713
Elmer Alexis Montano Fuentes v. United States
Tags: commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce state-jurisdiction
Latest Conference:
2025-03-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the defendant's possession
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the defendant’s possession.
Docket Entries
2025-03-31
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
2025-03-10
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2025)
Attorneys
Elmer Alexis Montano Fuentes
Taylor Wills Edwards Brown — Federal Public Defender, N.D. Tex., Petitioner
Taylor Wills Edwards Brown — Federal Public Defender, N.D. Tex., Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent