No. 24-6737

Carlsel Alexander v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process firearms-ban second-amendment sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-04-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year of imprisonment, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional because it is permanent and has no exceptions, nor process for regaining firearm rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

(1) Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year of imprisonment , codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional becaus e it is permanent and has no exceptions , nor process for regaining firearm rights? (2) Are the Cou rts of Appeal s uniformly in error, under both Stinson and Kisor, in holding that a firearm magazine with an industry -standard capacit y is a “large capacity magazine” under the Sentencing Guidelines ?

Docket Entries

2025-04-07
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.
2025-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-03-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 10, 2025)
2025-01-21
Application (24A707) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 7, 2025.
2025-01-15
Application (24A707) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 5, 2025 to March 7, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Carlsel Alexander
Steven Edward SpiresFederal Public Defender, Eastern Dist. of La., Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent