No. 24-7348
Spencer Wayne Bacon v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: commerce-clause conviction-restriction criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior convictions violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
(1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the statute that prohibits firearm possession by any person who was previously convicted of “a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year’—-violates the Second Amendment. (2) Whether application of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) to petitioner violated the Commerce Clause where the only proof of a nexus between his firearm possession and interstate commerce consisted of the fact that the firearm had crossed a state line at some point before coming into petitioner’s possession. ii
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-30
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America 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
Spencer Bacon
Scott Andrew Martin — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Scott Andrew Martin — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor Kaba — Hueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent