| 23-6520 |
Gary Von Bennett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power federal-authority federal-criminal-law firearm-regulation firearms-regulation interstate-commerce scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) requires a more substantial connection to interstate commerce |
| 23-5920 |
Leopoldo Ramirez-Moreno v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-authority firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce scarborough state-affairs united-states-v-lopez |
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because the firearm crossed state lines at some point before the defendant … |
| 22-6854 |
Xavier Sims v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedential-authority scarborough-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
Whether Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States to criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm on the sole basis that the firearm once mo… |
| 22-5919 |
Devonta Doyle v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-criminalization fourth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-crime morrison-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez |
Whether the Hobbs Act's jurisdictional element violates the Constitution when applied to the federal criminalization of traditionally local violent cr… |
| 21-1556 |
Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, Inc., et al. v. Zhang Jingrong, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
|
commerce-clause congress-authority congressional-power federal-jurisdiction freedom-of-access-to-clinic-entrances-act intimidation lopez-morrison-test places-of-worship religious-worship statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 248(a)(2) is unconstitutional as exceeding Congress's authority 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… |
| 20-6791 |
Alvin Christopher Penn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
affirmative-defense commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law felon-in-possession interstate-commerce minimal-nexus united-states-v-bailey united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-scarborough |
Whether United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), compels overruling Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977) |
| 19-7754 |
Erik Leonardus Peeters v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits non-commercial-conduct non-economic-conduct police-power united-states-v-al-maliki united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c)'s regulation of non-commercial, non-economic conduct of American citizens outside the United States exceed Congress's Foreign… |
| 19-7486 |
Michael Lindsay v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2423c commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-regulation foreign-commerce foreign-commerce-clause non-commercial-conduct police-power united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c)'s regulation of non-commercial, non-economic conduct of American citizens outside the United States exceed Congress's Foreign… |
| 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 |
| 18-6808 |
Harlem Suarez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause commerce-clause-power criminal-procedure eighth-amendment first-time-offender hobbs-act interstate-commerce proportionality taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons-of-mass-destruction |
Whether the federal offense of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, 18 U.S.C. § 2332a, only requires a de minimis effect on interstate comme… |
| 18-6222 |
Donte Timothy Bacon v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
as-applied-challenges class-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure de-novo district-of-colombia-v-heller federal-criminalization federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-regulation guilty-plea interstate-commerce intrastate-firearm-possession intrastate-firearm-sale plain-error second-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unconditional-guilty-plea united-states-v-lopez |
Whether as-applied constitutional challenges to statutes of conviction are waived by an unconditional guilty plea, and the standard of review |
| 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 |