No. 24-7182

Antjoun Riddick v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-06-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the federal government has the authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate noncommercial, intrastate possession of an object that has crossed state lines, and whether such regulation violates the Second Amendment

Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether the federal government has the authority under the Commerce Clause, Art. I, § 8, cl. 3, to regulate the noncommercial, intrastate possession of an object that has crossed state lines at some point in the past, however remote, if that intrastate possession does not implicate the channels or instrumentalities of interstate or foreign commerce. II. Whether, despite the lack of a circuit split, this Court should address the issue of whether this Court’s decision in United States v. Lopez 514 U.S. 549 (1995), undermined this Court’s decision in Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977), concerning the extent of the federal government’s power under the Commerce Clause to regulate a person’s noncommercial, intrastate possession of an object. III. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), as applied to petitioner, violates the Second Amendment because he possessed a pistol at a private residence.

Docket Entries

2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-06-10
Reply of Antjoun Riddick submitted.
2025-06-10
Reply of petitioner Antjoun Riddick filed.
2025-06-09
Memorandum For The United States In Opposition of United States submitted.
2025-06-09
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2025-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 11, 2025)

Attorneys

Antjoun Riddick
Brent Evan NewtonAttorney at Law, Petitioner
Brent Evan NewtonAttorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent