No. 25-6108

Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, is constitutional under the Second Amendment.

2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause as applied to intrastate possession of a firearm.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment and Congress's Commerce Clause authority as applied to firearm possession by persons with prior felony convictions

Docket Entries

2026-01-20
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2026-01-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-18
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2025)

Attorneys

Johnathan Anton Williams
Laura J DainesOffice of the Federal Public Defender MDFL, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent