| 24-5261 |
Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment |
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, … |
| 24-5229 |
Justin Levar Taylor v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 24-120 |
David Schieferle v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment atf-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-silencer national-firearms-act second-amendment self-defense silencers |
Whether items such as inline fuel filters and firearms solvent traps can qualify as 'firearms silencers' or 'firearm mufflers' under the National Fire… |
| 24-5211 |
Jerod Askew v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation |
Whether a jury instruction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires reference to 'mere presence' and allows for the jury to draw inferences from improper leg… |
| 24-101 |
John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-liability due-process firearm-licensing firearms home-possession interstate-travel licensing residence second-amendment |
What type of 'Arms' are protected by the Second Amendment when a state's multi-level firearm licensing scheme attaches criminal liability for in home … |
| 24-5101 |
Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
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, … |
| 24-5103 |
David Thomas Overman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
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, … |
| 24-5112 |
Austin Wayne Massey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment |
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, … |
| 24-5087 |
Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment |
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defendant'… |
| 24-5089 |
Devonte Antonio Veasley v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances due-process facial-challenge firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) facially unconstitutional? |
| 24-5043 |
Cortlin Reese v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022)? |
| 23-7689 |
Ardis Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
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, … |
| 23-7692 |
Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen |
| 23-7693 |
Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-7682 |
Daniel Loyola, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit firearms plain-error statutory-interpretation united-states-v-bruen |
Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(0) |
| 23-7662 |
Felix Olivas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-power felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-7481 |
Maurice Owen Wiley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms firearms-possession hobbs-act |
Does the imposition of consecutive punishments for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a crime… |
| 23-7402 |
Dequon Reon Stovall v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas… |
| 23-7357 |
Jesus Robledo Aguilar v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drugs firearms safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
Does simultaneous constructive possession of drugs and firearms disqualify a defendant for safety-valve-relief |
| 23-1171 |
Terrance Guinn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
collateral-review constitutional-law due-process factual-innocence federal-habeas firearm-possession firearms rehaif retroactive-application statutory-interpretation |
Whether petitioner is entitled to seek relief under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) based on his claim that his conviction for possessing a f… |
| 23-7304 |
Michael Anthony Granado v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession music-videos relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit uncharged-offenses |
Whether district courts are misapplying the 'relevant-conduct' section of the United States Sentencing Guidelines |
| 23-7305 |
Ronald Jerome Davis, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
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, … |
| 23-7288 |
Jorge Bartolomei v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm by any person who was previously convicted of 'a crime punishable by imprisonment for a te… |
| 23-7222 |
Evaristo Contreras Silva v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-firearm-possession criminal-law firearms immigration immigration-status intent-element mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government must offer direct evidence of a defendant's vicious or evil intent to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in 18 U.S.C. § 922(… |
| 23-7225 |
Leroy Hoyle v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen |
| 23-7125 |
Alberto Jimenez Pastrana v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-7075 |
Breon D. Hicks v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions section-924(c) section-924c unlawful-user |
Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury concerning the Section 924(c) charges? |
| 23-7049 |
Daniel Arsenio Rodgers v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-03-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-lab criminal-procedure enhancement evidence-interpretation firearms naked-eye sentencing-guidelines serial-number visible |
Whether the district court erred in applying a four-level enhancement under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for 'altered or obliterated' serial number,… |
| 23-6881 |
Miguel Salinas, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-travel second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 23-6869 |
Corey Jarren Forbito v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment certiorari-petition circuit-split civil-rights constitutional constitutional-challenge due-process firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-879 |
Caleb Barnett, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms firearms-ban gun-rights second-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Illinois' sweeping ban on common and long-lawful arms violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-685 |
Devaughn Dorsey v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering |
Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tampering,… |
| 23-6285 |
Kenneth Paiva v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation legislative-power statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-6042 |
Joel Flores v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process fair-warning firearm-possession firearms statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether 18 U.S.C.§924(c) provides fair warning of what constitutes possession of a firearm 'in furtherance of' a drug offense as opposed to possession… |
| 23-455 |
United States v. Litsson Antonio Perez-Gallan |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-31 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge domestic-violence due-process firearms firearms-possession protective-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-5908 |
Michael James Choulat v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
which expands the application of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) agency-deference criminal-law drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Kisor's limits on courts' deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation permitted deference to Comment 14(B), which expands th… |
| 23-374 |
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range |
Third Circuit |
2023-10-10 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process felons felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) complies with the Second Amendment |
| 23-5369 |
Dallas Terrell Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law false-statement false-statements firearms firearms-transaction jury-instructions materiality statutory-interpretation |
Whether a false statement in a firearm purchase was material |
| 23-5290 |
Littleton William Clark v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law district-court double-jeopardy due-process felony-offense firearms guideline-application sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the District Court erred in interpreting Note 14(@) of §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when it applied a four-level enhancement pursuant to §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) fo… |
| 23-5188 |
Mark Anthony Roy v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Second Amendment forbids application of 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) to persons who have no conviction for violent conduct |
| 23-5194 |
Andra Green v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act predicate-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime |
Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 22-7707 |
Kelvun Montrail Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 22-7524 |
Larry Carl Mack v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
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, a… |
| 22-7320 |
Mary Gonzales v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm or ammunition solely because they crossed state lines at some point before they ca… |
| 22-976 |
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Michael Cargill |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (21)Relisted (4) |
2nd-amendment administrative-law atf atf-rule bump-stock firearms firearms-regulation machinegun-definition national-firearms-act statutory-interpretation trigger-mechanism |
Whether a bump stock device is a 'machinegun' as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) |
| 22-915 |
United States v. Zackey Rahimi |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (69)Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment |
| 22-622 |
Nadine Gazzola, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights dealer firearms firearms-regulation government-overreach licensing-scheme natural-resources-defense-council second-amendment standing winter-standard |
Is there a likelihood of success on the merits under Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council that the meaning and purpose of 'to keep,' as in 'to … |
| 22-6423 |
Michael Deshawn Homer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms police-power |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6337 |
Lonnie Charles Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation |
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, a… |
| 22-6323 |
Luis R. Figueroa-Gonzalez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence firearm-alteration firearms knowledge-inference machine-gun mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Whether the presence of a visible alteration in a seized firearm is sufficient to satisfy the government's burden to prove that the defendant knew of … |
| 22-5691 |
Meamen Jean Nyah v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-rule-404b federal-rules-of-evidence firearms firearms-case judicial-interpretation prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence |
Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) should be construed as a rule of inclusion resulting in certain admissibility of prior bad acts and use of pro… |
| 22-5639 |
Eddie Dewayne Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
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, a… |
| 22-5580 |
Derrick Dion Ingram v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-enhancement firearms guideline-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) is inconsistent with the guideline |
| 22-5406 |
Daniel Edward Gonzalez v. California |
California |
2022-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute drug-possession due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession firearms second-amendment |
Whether California Health and Safety Code section 11370.1 violates the Second Amendment by making possessing certain drugs while armed a felony |
| 22-5190 |
Rafael Cortez-Oropeza v. United States |
First Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
admissibility-of-evidence atf bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-firearms criminal-procedure evidence expert-testimony firearms interstate-commerce judicial-discretion legal-standard |
Whether the district court erred in allowing an unqualified ATF agent to testify as an expert on interstate commerce |
| 22-76 |
Keith L. Carnes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-use due-process firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation unlawful-user |
Whether the government must show the defendant's regular or habitual drug use to establish that the defendant is an 'unlawful user' of a controlled su… |
| 21-8272 |
Robert Edward Guerra v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 21-7971 |
Gaston Salazar-Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
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, a… |
| 21-7835 |
Michael Perryman v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process firearm-statute firearms legal-interpretation precedent precedential-reasoning sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the mere-possession reasoning in Bailey and Bousley retain precedential value in regard to 'use' of a firearm under the amended Section 924(c)… |
| 21-7529 |
Jesse Dean Mince v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 21-7519 |
Nathan Lee Tamez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discretionary-review due-process firearms guidelines sentencing supervisory-powers |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with decisions of this Court on an important matter |
| 21-7459 |
Robbie Catchings, aka Robert Brown, aka Robbie Catching v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law firearm-possession firearms jury-instructions jury-verdict knowingly-possessed statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's verdict that petitioner knowingly possessed a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) |
| 21-7359 |
Kaleb Gattis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
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, a… |
| 21-1215 |
Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-08 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment administrative-law agency-interpretation bump-stocks chevron-deference criminal-law criminal-statute firearms machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the definition of 'machinegun' found in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) is clear and unambiguous, and whether bump stocks meet that definition? |
| 21-7195 |
James Leon Higgins v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearms firearms-possession interstate-commerce perjury-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
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, a… |
| 21-6974 |
Alfredo Gonzalez v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction |
Connecticut |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accessory-liability burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-enhancement firearms jury-determination manslaughter sentencing |
Does Connecticut's statutory scheme of accessory to manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm violate Due Process? |
| 21-6993 |
Damon Willis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions prohibited-status rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen |
Does Rehaif v. United States preclude a jury instruction that the federal government must prove a defendant knew his prohibited status made it illegal… |
| 21-6926 |
Willie Wilcher v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions criminal-law due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard procedural-requirements rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions |
Whether the Lower Courts had jurisdiction to decide the case based on Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 814 (2019), and the government never proved … |
| 21-6852 |
Joedon Bradley v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assets constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process employment-history felon-in-possession firearms in-forma-pauperis indigence monthly-income second-amendment support-obligations |
Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 21-902 |
Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
GVR |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
2nd-amendment arms-possession civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-regulation heller-precedent second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom… |
| 21-895 |
John Rodrigues, Jr. v. County of Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-16 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process federal-preemption firearms firearms-law law-enforcement leosa preemption qualified-retired-officer statutory-interpretation |
Does LEOSA (18 U.S.C. Sec. 966C) preempt State firearms laws that prohibit the transport, carrying and possession of firearms by a Qualified Retired L… |
| 21-6589 |
Lamont Guinyard v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause |
| 21-6581 |
Derek Jerome Moore v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-power firearms interstate-commerce |
Whether Congress exceeded its Commerce Clause power when it enacted 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)? |
| 21-6482 |
Calvin Wayne Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation |
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, a… |
| 21-816 |
Melvyn Gear v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
|
appellate-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process firearms greer-v-united-states legal-status plain-error rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether other subdivisions of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) require knowledge of collateral law |
| 21-6148 |
Lonnie Earl Parlor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking enhancement-factors firearm-possession firearms relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines specific-offense-characteristics statutory-maximum uncharged-conduct |
Whether a defendant's uncharged possession of firearms is 'relevant conduct' for sentencing enhancement |
| 21-6120 |
Javier Perez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms heller-interpretation immigration second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants |
Whether undocumented-immigrants have 2nd-amendment-rights |
| 21-6044 |
Kenneth Jay Still v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affirmative-defense criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit firearm-possession firearms justification justification-defense police-contact prohibited-person self-defense |
Whether the Eighth Circuit erred by holding that a defendant prohibited from possessing a firearm may not present a justification defense if he or she… |
| 21-6046 |
Jacques Lisbey v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional |
| 21-5958 |
Aaron Christopher Pleasant v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-regulation federal-power firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 21-5659 |
Willie Powell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms united-states-v-lopez |
Whether the 'minimal nexus' test employed by the Eleventh Circuit to affirm Mr. Powell's conviction under 18 U.S.C. §922(g) as a felon in possession o… |
| 21-5503 |
Eric Henry Woodberry and Bradford Marselas Johnson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-length firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea prosecutorial-burden sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(B)(i) requires the government to prove that a defendant knew of the length of the firearm carried during the commission … |
| 21-5484 |
Sylvia Diaz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-law due-process equal-protection firearms licensed-dealer mens-rea selective-prosecution straw-purchase |
Whether the 'straw purchase' offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) requires the defendant to have known the seller was a 'Licensed Dealer' |
| 21-5455 |
Emmanuel Granados v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power firearms firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 21-5432 |
Deangelo Lenard Johnson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession firearms knowledge-of-status mens-rea misdemeanor-conviction rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government must prove the defendant's knowledge of the specific elements of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in a prosecution unde… |
| 21-5270 |
Robert Stanard v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-interpretation legal-challenge personal-property state-law takings |
Does the taxing powers of Congress negate a person's possessory interest in personal property? |
| 21-5001 |
Ronald D. Smith v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2021-07-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-proportionality criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-enhancement firearms illinois-constitution legislative-revival sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the legislature revived the firearm enhancement in ~ section 720 ILCS 5/8-4 (B-D) (West 2000) |
| 21-5006 |
Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearms standing takings |
Whether the government's ban on the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms violates the Second Amendment |
| 20-8330 |
Ilmane Charone Campas Strong v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms judicial-fact-finding mandatory-minimum sixth-amendment supervised-release |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 20-8280 |
Trent Slone v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquittal drug-possession due-process fifth-amendment firearms firearms-violation presumption-of-innocence sentencing |
Does the presumption of innocence and the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment protect a defendant at a firearms violation sentencing when the go… |
| 20-8071 |
Delson Marc v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms mens-rea rehaif-standard statutory-interpretation |
Whether a defendant's conviction under 18 U.S.C. §922(g) may be affirmed even though the indictment did not charge, and the government did not prove, … |
| 20-7867 |
Howard Allen Groffel v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-04-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession firearms protective-order protective-orders status-crime status-crimes |
Does the Double Jeopardy Clause permit charging multiple 'status crimes' for a single criminal act? |
| 20-7682 |
Antoine Barnes v. Salinas Superior Court Judge |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection firearms first-amendment jurisdiction legal-provisions standing supreme-court writ |
Whether Senate Bill 16 violates the First Amendment, due process, and equal protection rights of individuals who wish to have production or possession… |
| 20-7476 |
Jose Armondo Ramos Cabrera v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure defendant-objection due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review two-level-enhancement |
Whether the court erred when it denied defendant's objection to the two level enhancement for possession of a firearm |
| 20-7428 |
Aldo Marones v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal civil-rights due-process evidence firearms sentencing |
Whether the sentencing court erred in imposing a 100-year sentence for a weapons-related conviction |
| 20-7360 |
Emmanuel Feaster v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that petitioner Emmanuel Feaste… |
| 20-7314 |
Willard Lee Moss, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-conviction criminal-law domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit legal-error mens-rea rehaif rehaif-error |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming Moss's conviction for possession of a firearm by a domestic-violence-offender, where the evidence indica… |
| 20-7215 |
Sunni Askari Newell v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit has misconstrued U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), contrary to every other circuit, resulting in defendants convicted of firearms … |
| 20-7122 |
Adam Lloyd Cooper v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea rosemond-v-united-states |
Whether Sec. 924(c) contains a specific mens rea requirement |
| 20-7038 |
David Paul Martinez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-921-a-33 criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearms firearms-possession mens-rea misdemeanor-domestic-violence plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Mr. Martinez's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) must be reversed |
| 20-7018 |
Lawrence Westbrook, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion enhancement firearm-enhancement firearms sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred by applying a six-level enhancement pursuant to USSG § 2K2.1(b)(1)(C) |
| 20-6964 |
Dallas Ray Morales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ammunition-possession commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 20-6878 |
Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 20-6811 |
Jesus Eder Moreno Ornelas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
attempted-murder due-process felon-in-possession firearms jury plain-error-review rehaif-standard sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment |
Whether a sentence may be enhanced for an offense tried to but not found by the jury |
| 20-6640 |
James David Perryman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation |
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, a… |
| 20-6492 |
Calvin James v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms government-power interstate-commerce sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government is improperly denying a defendant's right to a pre-attachment hearing under the 5th Amendment |
| 20-6420 |
Oscar Urias Espinoza, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 20-627 |
E. H., III v. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing |
Florida |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review civil-rights concealed-carry constitutional-law due-process expungement expungement-order firearms firearms-permit full-faith-and-credit state-reciprocity |
Did the Florida Court of Appeal commit reversible error and abuse its discretion in declining to recognize and apply Petitioner's New Jersey Expungeme… |
| 20-6249 |
Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop to… |
| 20-6197 |
Gregory C. Raymore v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law due-process firearms indictment jury-instructions mens-rea |
Whether Petitioner's conviction must be vacated due to Rehaif violation |
| 20-6192 |
Jamal Aikeem Hutchinson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-11-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation |
Can the appellate courts' divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif guilty pleas be reconciled with one another? |
| 20-572 |
James R. Young v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-review criminal-law criminal-penalties felon-in-possession felony-possession firearm-statute firearms habeas-corpus interstate-commerce retroactivity |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires proof of a defendant's knowledge of their felon status or the firearm's interstate commerce connection |
| 20-5875 |
Terrence D. Marsh v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 6th-amendment criminal-procedure defense-right evidence firearm-prosecution firearms rosemond-precedent rosemond-v-united-states section-924c sixth-amendment statements-against-interest |
Whether the Court violated Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65 (2014), when finding Marsh had advance knowledge of the presence of a firearm in his… |
| 20-5650 |
Carlos Cruz-Rivera v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure firearms firearms-conviction first-step-act judicial-review retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C) precludes aggravated punishment for second firearms convictions unless the second violation 'occurs after a prior con… |
| 20-5558 |
Anthony Smith v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions knowledge-element mens-rea plain-error prohibited-possession |
Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that appellant Anthony Smith kn… |
| 19-8720 |
Ankit Puri v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law firearms immigration jury-instructions rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the indictment and jury instructions omitted an essential element of the 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) offense |
| 19-8361 |
Tyrone Price v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process firearms ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief racketeering sentencing sentencing-phase |
Does the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. 924(c) convictions support 'use of violence' physical force? |
| 19-8113 |
Johnny R. Andoe v. Joe Biden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms government-restrictions individual-rights natural-born-citizens personal-liberty second-amendment voting-rights |
Is it constitutional to discriminate between natural-born U.S. persons? |
| 19-8013 |
Keith Alexander v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2020-03-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns criminal-sentencing due-process federal-appellate-review firearms ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation mandatory-minimum mental-capacity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction |
whether-the-court-erred-by-denying-defendant's-petition-for-writ-of-coram-nobis |
| 19-7873 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the government must prove the defendant's knowledge of his prohibited status in order to convict under 18 U.S.C. 922(g) |
| 19-7217 |
Rickey Thompson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause firearms johnson-davis-doctrine johnson-v-united-states mandatory-minimum second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 19-6902 |
Samir Benamor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
antique-firearm burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Government bears the burden of proving that the defendant knew the charged firearm has the characteristics that make its possession illega… |
| 19-6849 |
Cedric Sharrod Williams v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-review controlled-substance criminal-law drug-crimes due-process firearm-proximity firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the fourth circuit court of appeals erred in concluding that, despite the controlled substance [heroin] in this matter having been locked in a… |
| 19-6791 |
Bryan Lamon Burnett v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-circuit 8th-circuit appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Should this court grant certiorari to resolve the conflict between the circuit courts of appeal in the application of United States Sentencing Guideli… |
| 19-6757 |
Jamal Bowens v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2… |
| 19-6722 |
Robin Leach, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-922 constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession firearms legal-status mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Did the Petitioner know that finding mens-rea of knowing in a gun or firearm statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) |
| 19-664 |
Eugene H. Williams, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2255 actual-innocence coram-nobis criminal-conviction criminal-procedure destructive-devices firearms firearms-violations ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mens-rea statutory-interpretation writ-of-coram-nobis |
Whether Petitioner is innocent of the charges resulting from a complete miscarriage of justice |
| 19-6711 |
Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 19-6569 |
Keyon W. Carraway v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether there is a reasonable probability that the court of appeals would conclude that Rehaif v. United States requires knowledge of a firearm's inte… |
| 19-6420 |
Christopher Mark Heath v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy conspiracy-law criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the mere presence of a firearm at the scene of a drug trafficking offense constitutes possession of the firearm 'in furtherance of' the conspi… |
| 19-6372 |
Kelby Germaine Parson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 19-6220 |
Nerses Nick Bronsozian v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-prosecution due-process firearms firearms-regulation national-firearms-act registration statutory-construction taxation taxation-power |
Does Congress's power to tax give it the power to punish the possession of unregistered machineguns under § 5861(d) of the NFA, even though it is impo… |
| 19-6119 |
Masnik Sainmelus v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court firearm-possession firearms guideline-enhancement guideline-range sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-2k2.1 |
Whether the district court erred in increasing the appellant's guideline range by finding the offense involved 8-24 firearms under U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(b)(1… |
| 19-6062 |
Priscilla Daydee Valdez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924d 21-usc-853 28-usc-2461 28-usc-2461c ammunition civil-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture firearms firearms-offense procedural-law statutory-interpretation substitute-assets |
May a defendant be required to forfeit substitute property in lieu of the firearms and ammunition subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)? |
| 19-5699 |
Robert Gray v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no … |
| 19-5601 |
Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of their… |
| 19-5623 |
Deshawn Legrier v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
GVR |
IFP |
18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-possession indictment knowingly-element rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction where the indictment for violating § 922(g)(1) did not charge the defendant with any off… |
| 19-5565 |
Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-13 |
GVR |
IFP |
criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Mr. Perez's 18 U.S.C. §922(g) conviction should be reversed and remanded in light of Rehaif v. United States |
| 19-5456 |
Ibrahim McCants v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
GVR |
IFP |
anonymous-tip categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility-of-state-statutes domestic-violence due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms fourth-amendment mathis-v-united-states mens-rea police-stop-and-frisk reasonable-suspicion rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation stop-and-frisk supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court-of-appeals |
Whether the government established the knowledge-of-status element under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) |
| 19-5330 |
Maurice Montrae Parks v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
GVR |
IFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-validity criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether a new trial is warranted where the District Court failed to instruct the jury on a crucial element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) |
| 19-5183 |
Miguel Grado v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process firearm-use firearms multiple-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u… |
| 19-5105 |
Rudy Espudo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-justice criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-statute firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense |
Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u… |
| 19-5025 |
Isaac Thomas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
GVR |
IFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute firearm-possession firearms rehaif rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
Whether the Court should grant the petition, vacate the judgment, and remand for further proceedings on Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) conviction … |
| 18-9444 |
Gregory Greer v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
GVR |
IFP |
922(g) 924(a)(2) commerce-clause congressional-authority criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
whether-congress-may-criminalize-intrastate-firearm-possession |
| 18-9301 |
Skip Earnest Ralph Lomax v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confidential-informant criminal-enhancement criminal-law felon-possession firearms firearms-trafficking intent knowledge mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-use |
Did the court below err in finding that the firearms-trafficking enhancement applied when Mr. Lomax did not know that the confidential informant purch… |
| 18-1434 |
United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-15 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-9104 |
Kurt Zamor v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure common-carrier criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-16 evidence evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony firearms firearms-regulation mens-rea sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit failed to properly apply Title 18 U.S.C. Section 922(e) |
| 18-9071 |
Jason Moody v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-law firearms interstate-commerce knowledge-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(a) provides for criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of their f… |
| 18-1338 |
United States v. Joseph Decore Simms |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
|
18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-8885 |
Jose Roman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-activity criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense fifth-circuit-interpretation firearm-enhancement firearms foreseeability presumption presumption-of-use sentencing-guidelines tools-of-the-trade |
WHETHER THE GUIDELINES ARE MISAPPLIED UNER 2D1.1 (b)(1) BY MAKING A GENERAL PRESUMPTION THAT FIREARMS ARE 'TOOLS OF THE TRADE' AND THAT ALWAYS IS FORS… |
| 18-8830 |
Julio Cesar De La Rosa v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process firearms mens-rea misdemeanor-crime-of-violence physical-force statutory-interpretation voisine-v-united-states |
Whether recklessness is consistent with the 'use of physical force' |
| 18-8799 |
Robert Gordon Lockwood v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery bank-robbery-statute categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law descamps-ruling due-process firearms johnson-ruling mathis-ruling ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent violent-crime |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Johnson, Mathis, Descamps, and Dimaya Supreme Court rulings because Prince confirmed that the Bank … |
| 18-8493 |
Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-921 18-usc-922 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-firearm-statute criminal-law-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms juvenile-delinquency juvenile-justice sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation youthful-offender |
Whether a youthful offender conviction can be used for purposes of a felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm-and-ammunition statute |
| 18-8133 |
Daryl Mingo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining drug-trafficking due-process firearm-offense firearms plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sentencing statutory-construction |
When Congress enacted and amended 18 U.S.C. Section 924(G)(1) |
| 18-7964 |
Rafael Santos v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking federal-officer firearms motion-for-reduction-of-sentence sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred when it denied petitioner's section 3582(c)(2) motion? |
| 18-7920 |
Harold A. Habeck, II v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-procedure,sentencing,mandatory-minimums,d criminal-sentencing discretion drug-offense drug-offenses firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums predicate-crime sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court has discretion to consider less than the mandatory sixty month consecutive sentence for a predicate drug offense under 21 U… |
| 18-7863 |
Jeffrey Burris v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing due-process firearms firearms-possession reasonableness reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unregistered |
Whether a sixty-month sentence for the simple possession of unregistered firearms, without any evidence suggesting the defendant was doing anything il… |
| 18-7779 |
Kenneth William Kirkland v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law destructive-device federal-courts federal-courts-split federal-statute firearm firearm-regulation firearms parts-possession statutory-interpretation unregistered-firearm |
Whether a combination of parts designed or intended for use as a bomb can qualify as a 'destructive device' |
| 18-7669 |
Bertulio Moreno-Alvarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) violates the Second and Fifth Amendments? |
| 18-989 |
United States v. Marvin Lewis |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-offense firearms statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-7609 |
Merlin Alston v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 18-usc-926b criminal-law-enforcement-officer-exemption criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Is the conviction of a local police officer, required to carry a service pistol when off duty, excluded from prosecution for violating 18 U.S.C. 924(c… |
| 18-7352 |
Giovanni Ellis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-7313 |
Lewis Templeton v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure drug-crimes firearms sentencing spatial-connection sufficiency-of-evidence u.s.s.g.-2k2.1(b)(6)(b) waiver |
Whether the Tenth Circuit correctly concluded that Mr. Templeton had waived his argument that the evidence was insufficient to support increasing Mr. … |
| 18-7138 |
Antonio Alvarez-Moreno v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process firearms law-enforcement-notification sentencing-guidelines supervised-release vagueness weapon-possession |
Are these conditions unconstitutionally vague? |
| 18-7152 |
Yosnel Bonet v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-power federal-prosecution firearm-possession firearms intrastate intrastate-commerce legal-authority possession second-amendment standing supreme-court-review |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-7123 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession firearms legal-knowledge mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924 require the government to prove a criminal defendant's mens rea as to each substantive element of the enumerated s… |
| 18-7088 |
Oscar Raul Mora v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-6771 |
Johny Gardner v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-6563 |
Jesus R. Gonzalez-Negron v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process factual-basis firearm-possession firearms guilty-plea machine-gun-possession plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation |
Is evidence of a loaded machine gun and drugs within a person's residence an adequate factual basis to support a guilty plea to possession of a firear… |
| 18-6468 |
Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden |
Whether the Government must allege and prove a connection to interstate commerce for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) |
| 18-428 |
United States v. Clifford Raymond Salas |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-431 |
United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-5762 |
Pedro Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-5444 |
Kenyan Deon Buchanan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause commerce-clause-limits commerce-clause-limits,criminal-law,federal-power, constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
Whether the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-5363 |
Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines |
Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any tim… |
| 18-5314 |
Shannon Dale Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing criminal-statute firearm firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) criminalize the defendant's subjective intent or the firearm's objective potential? |
| 18-5241 |
Victor Maturino v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law commentary-amendments destructive-devices double-jeopardy due-process firearms firearms-possession guideline-commentary offense-level-increases rulemaking-authority sentence-enhancement sentencing-commission-process sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Sentencing Commission may amend the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines to create new categories of conduct that increase sentences wi… |