No. 18-5363

Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the past, however remote, and however disconnected from the defendant's possession thereof?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the past, however remote, and however disconnected from the defendant's possession thereof

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-01
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 27, 2018)

Attorneys

Reynaldo Rendon, Jr.
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent