No. 24-6897
Joshua Michael Faust v. United States
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference:
2025-06-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is invariably constitutional both facially and as applied to any defendant, no matter the case-specific circumstances
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Mr. Faust was prosecuted for being a felon in possession of a firearm based upon an almost 20 -year-old felony theft conviction. In his petition for writ o f certiorari, he asks this Court to address: Whether , as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both facially and as applied to any defendant, no matter the case -specific circumstances ?
Docket Entries
2025-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
2025-05-13
Reply of Joshua Michael Faust submitted.
2025-05-13
Reply of petitioner Joshua Michael Faust filed.
2025-05-05
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-05-05
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 30, 2025.
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 30, 2025 to May 30, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-03-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2025)
Attorneys
Joshua Michael Faust
Heather Rae Quick — Federal Public Defender Office - Iowa, Petitioner
Heather Rae Quick — Federal Public Defender Office - Iowa, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent