No. 24-6984
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment state-law
Latest Conference:
2025-05-02
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does Fla. Stat. § 790.23(1) and (1)(a), which makes it "unlawful for any person to own or to have in his or her care, custody, possession, or control any firearm, ammunition, or electric weapon or device, or to carry a concealed weapon, including a tear gas gun or chemical weapon or device, if that person has been" convicted of a felony in a Florida state court, violate the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to an individual who has never been convicted of a violent felony?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a state law prohibiting firearm possession by felons violate the Second Amendment when applied to an individual with no violent felony convictions?
Docket Entries
2025-05-05
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
2025-04-16
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2025-04-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2025)
Attorneys
Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Tyrone Woodson
Joseph A. DiRuzzo III — Margulis Gelfand DiRuzzo & Lambson, Petitioner