No. 24-6818

Matthew Ryan Hunt v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-05-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether defendants are precluded from asserting as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment, or whether such challenges remain available to defendants

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

The questions presented are: 1. Whether defendants are precluded from asserting as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment, as the Fourth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits hold, or whether as-applied Second Amendment challenges to § 922(g)(1) remain available to defendants, as the Third, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits hold. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)’s lifetime ban of firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in any jurisdiction violates the Second Amendment, either facially or as applied to the appellant, Matthew Hunt, who was previously convicted of a non-violent theft offense; namely, West Virginia breaking and entering a non-dwelling under W. Va. Code § 61-3-12.

Docket Entries

2025-06-02
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
2025-05-02
Reply of Matthew Hunt submitted.
2025-05-02
Reply of petitioner Matthew Hunt filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-25
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2025-04-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 21, 2025.
2025-04-18
Motion of United States of America for an extension of time submitted.
2025-04-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 21, 2025 to May 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-03-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Matthew Hunt
Stephen James van StempvoortMiller Johnson, Petitioner
Stephen James van StempvoortMiller Johnson, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent