No. 24-6897

Joshua Michael Faust v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment
Key Terms:
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 QuickFederal Public Defender Office - Iowa, Petitioner
Heather Rae QuickFederal Public Defender Office - Iowa, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent