No. 24-7075

Christopher E. Barnes v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-05-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether convicted felons retain Second Amendment rights under the Court's interpretation of 'the people' in Heller, and whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) satisfy the Second Amendment in all applications

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights, in light of this Court’s interpretation of “the people” in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 592-95 (2008)? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) satisfy the Second Amendment in all of its applications? i INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(i), Barnes submits that there are no

Docket Entries

2025-06-02
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
2025-05-08
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2025-02-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 27, 2025)
2025-01-15
Application (24A691) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 25, 2025.
2025-01-10
Application (24A691) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 26, 2025 to March 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Christopher Barnes
Jonathan DodsonFederal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner
Jonathan DodsonFederal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent