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25-6677 John Wayne Morgan, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York…
25-6648 Nathan Bermea v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exc…
25-6594 William James Forbis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid as applied to an individual whose only prior charged felony convictions are non-violent offens…
25-6490 Gary Crawford v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-06 Pending Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felony-regulation firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment I. Consistent with the Second Amendment, may Congress bar all felons from possessing firearms under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), as five circuit courts have…
25-6473 Clover McGregor v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-02 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-restriction firearms-possession gun-control second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment.
25-6438 Frankie Acosta v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-possession founding-era-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term e…
25-6375 Eddie White, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment —either on its face or as …
25-6371 Bobby Dale Simmons v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment—either on its face or as a…
25-6369 Donnell S. Durham v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-scrutiny felony-ban firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Is the lifetime ban for possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), facially unconstitutional under New York State Rifle &…
25-6323 Donald Irving Hill, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-rights felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York…
25-6311 Christopher Smith v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), rendered Mr…
25-6309 Melquan Thawney v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s categorial ban on the possession of firearms by felons is unconstitutional.
25-6281 Andre Michael Dubois v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional as applied to Mr. Dubois, because it …
25-6027 Deondre Lamont Bain v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-6026 Martino Antwion Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25A465 Christopher Wuchter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-23 Application circuit-conflict constitutional-question controlled-substances criminal-justice firearms-possession second-amendment Question not identified.
25-5944 Chockie Lee Hightower v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law federal-statute firearms-possession 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…
25-5850 Tremon Staley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-review felony-prohibition firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprison…
25-425 Steven Duarte v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (5) circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession non-violent-offense second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1)'s categorical ban on the possession of firearms by felons is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant with non-violent …
25-5820 Kevin Deane Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge conditional-pardon felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonmen…
25A382 United States v. Erik Matthew Harris Third Circuit 2025-10-02 Presumed Complete as-applied-challenge drug-users firearms-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-5747 Sidney Donnell Kimble v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-5697 Desmond Copeland v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-269 Selim Zherka v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Second Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) constitutional-rights criminal-conviction disarmament firearms-possession non-violent-offense second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment permits the government to disarm an American citizen because he has been convicted of a non-violent fraud offense.
25-5467 Patrick Lee Adams v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-26 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment.
25-5421 Jose Antonio Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-5388 Kevin Paul Cantu v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-18 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law eighth-circuit felon-rights firearms-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
25-5347 Daniel Lee Lusk, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment 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 firear…
25-5142 Jeffrey Sredl v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-07-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bruen-precedent common-use-doctrine firearms-possession founding-era-rights second-amendment unregistered-weapons Whether under N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, prosecution for possession of homemade unregistered fire arms that were in common use at the t…
25-5049 DaJohn M. Hymes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-1328 United States v. Keshon Daveon Baxter Eighth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-7508 Curtis Dwayne Medrano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Relisted (6)IFP appellate-review felony-conviction firearms-possession judicial-discretion second-amendment sentencing-guidelines Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment as applied to a defendant whose most serious prior felony convictions are attempted bu…
24-7507 Osmar Alexis Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment 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 firear…
24-1249 United States v. Kindle Terrell Sam Fifth Circuit 2025-06-06 Pending Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-1248 United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-06 Pending Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-1247 United States v. La'Vance LeMarr Cooper Eighth Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-7264 Michael Lee Sharpe v. Texas Texas 2025-05-21 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation felony-conviction firearms-possession individual-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment guarantees an individual who has been convicted of a felony offense the unencumbered right to possess firearms, or on a c…
24-7253 William Danta Toney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-7051 Gmerrio Underwood v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied IFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6892 Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-31 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term…
24-6794 Ismael Moises Haynes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6791 Ladarrell C. Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6788 Shannon Lamon Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6782 Aaron Christopher Lindsey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-03-17 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law eighth-circuit felon-rights firearms-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
24-6729 Justin Lang Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility drug-offense felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether section 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban for possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner? 2. Can a district court …
24-6625 Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
24-6623 LaMorris Allan French v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6569 Derrick Fitzgerald Dial v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-14 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent …
24-6517 Edell Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 92 2(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term e…
24-6476 Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-validity felon-rights firearms-possession second-amendment Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
24-6416 Carlos James Meeks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment 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 firear…
24-6339 Mark Tomas Regan v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearms-possession licensure-requirement second-amendment 1. Whether the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment, the right guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the 14% Amendment to b…
24-6290 Brent Howard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment (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 i…
24A676 Mark Tomas Regan v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-01-10 Presumed Complete burden-of-proof criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearms-possession second-amendment Whether the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment; the right to be free from conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable …
24A611 Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-19 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearms-possession fundamental-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-6103 Christopher Gonzales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law felony-prohibition firearms-possession second-amendment 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on the possession of firearms by all felons violate the Second Amendment on its face and as applied to Go…
24-6082 Rhobashi Holmes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-rights felony-restrictions firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face, because it is pe…
24-5909 Bay Travon Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-possession gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex…
24-5744 Andre Michael Dubois v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-10 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent …
24-5723 Terrell Trammell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard circuit-split double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms-possession second-amendment There is a circuit split with Question I whether § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional or not pursuant to Bruen such as to impact Trammell's conviction. As …
24-5576 Jose Antonio Campos-Esqueda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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 firear…
24-5560 Adam Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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 firear…
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 IN VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and CONSPIRACY TO POSSES…
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 The United States Sentencing Guidelines directs courts to use uncharged offenses in its calculation of a defendant's guideline range if the uncharged…
23-6602 Sylvester Cunningham v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-29 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge bruen circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felon-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional as applie…
23-6170 Edell Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-06 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex…
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), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence protective orders, violates the Second…
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…
20-8262 Francisco Hilt and Sean Alexander v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process entrapment firearms-possession impeachment-evidence informant-disclosure sting-operation 1. In an ATF sting operation, the government failed to disclose the identity of the informant pretrial, and the defense was entrapment. The defense di…
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 …
20-7038 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 1. Whether Mr. Martinez's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), possession of a firearm after a conviction for a "misdemeanor crime of dome…
20-5949 Timmy Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Relisted (4)IFP criminal-indictment criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession indictment jury-instructions mens-rea prohibited-status rehaif rehaif-challenge 1) Whether Rehaif's mens rea requirement is limited to whether or not the defendant knew he was a convicted felon alone, or whether it requires him to…
20-5791 Anthony Moreno v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearms-possession home-defense interest-balancing risk-assessment second-amendment sentencing-guidelines standing 1. Does the use of an interest-balancing test to evaluate the Second Amendment rights of a person to keep and bear arms in his home (or vehicle where …
20-5080 Christopher George Wiggin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP with no evidence of defendants' conduct causing s criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
20-5079 Charles Monroe Finchum v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
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), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
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 In light of this Court's decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019) -- which held that the elements of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 92…
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 I. 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 th…
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 Mr. Perez respectfully requests that his 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) conviction be reversed and remanded in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (J…
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…
18-7061 Francisco Reza v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-crime federal-crimes felon-in-possession firearms-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing state-misdemeanor Did Petitioner's prior crimes qualify as Federal Crimes for enhancement?
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…