No. 24-7417

Michael Elias Jalomo v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-challenge 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 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has crossed state lines, potentially rendering it facially unconstitutional

Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922( g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, and, if so, if it is facially unconstitutional?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-11
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-06-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 14, 2025)

Attorneys

Michael Jalomo
Christy Posnett MartinFederal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
Christy Posnett MartinFederal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent