home-defense

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6752 Enrique Nunes Lopez v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability home-defense justifiable-homicide self-defense Whether the state court unreasonably found that refusing defense-of-home instructions was not federal constitutional error, but only state law error
21-7118 Joshua B. Davoren v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession home-defense racial-inequality second-amendment standing takings Is a statute that makes it a crime for every person, including responsible, law-abiding citizens, to possess a firearm, rifle, shotgun, or ammunition …
20-1639 George K. Young, Jr. v. Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-25 GVR Amici (6)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights concealed-carry due-process home-defense right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the Second Amendment does not apply outside the home
20-1640 Frederick M. Weber v. Ohio Ohio 2021-05-25 Denied civil-rights constitutional-review core-rights due-process firearm-regulation home-defense home-possession judicial-standard lower-court-uncertainty second-amendment standard-of-review Whether the proper standard of constitutional review for a law that impacts the core value of the Second Amendment and the use of a firearm within the…
20-1419 Reb Russell, II v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-04-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-carry home-defense intermediate-scrutiny second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry arms outside of the home for self-defense
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 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 pos…