| 25A888 |
Patrick Tate Adamiak v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-02-05 |
Application |
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bruen-standard criminal-possession firearm-relics national-firearms-act second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 24-120 |
David Schieferle v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
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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… |
| 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) |
| 20-7301 |
Bernandino Gawala Bolatete v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment article-i congress-power-to-tax congressional-power criminal-law criminal-punishment firearms-regulation national-firearms-act suppressor-registration taxation-clause tenth-amendment |
Whether federal criminal punishment of the receipt and possession of unregistered suppressors under 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871 exceeds Congress's p… |
| 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… |
| 19-5098 |
Ronald F. White, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split constructive-possession criminal-intent criminal-law evidence-requirement firearm-registration mens-rea national-firearms-act staples-v-united-states |
Whether the government must prove that a defendant knew the specific characteristic of a firearm that subjected it to registration under the National … |
| 18-7922 |
Thomas Isaac LaFleur v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-registration firearm-definition national-firearms-act second-amendment staples-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-freed weapon-classification |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals error in denying the Petitioner's Subject-Matter Jurisdiction claim |
| 18-936 |
Jeremy Kettler v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment congressional-taxing-power constitutional-challenge constitutional-law cox-v-new-hampshire due-process murdock-v-pennsylvania national-firearms-act second-amendment sound-suppressor standing statutory-interpretation tax taxation united-states-v-sonzinsky |
Whether the National Firearms Act of 1934 continues to be a constitutional exercise of Congress's taxing power |
| 18-5541 |
Darren Kyle Stepp-Zafft v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-penalty due-process firearms-regulation national-firearms-act nfa-firearms right-to-bear-arms second-amendment tax taxation united-states-constitution |
Is 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) a valid exercise of Congress's power to tax? |