No. 24-7347

Joshua Caleb Johnson v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on the firearm crossing state lines at some point before the defendant came to possess it

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on the firearm crossing state lines at some point before the defendant came to possess it. i

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-05-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Joshua Johnson
Maria Gabriela VegaOffice of the Federal Public Defender, NDTX, Petitioner
Maria Gabriela VegaOffice of the Federal Public Defender, NDTX, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent