No. 19-7323

Leo Stoller v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bankruptcy chapter-13 civil-procedure criminal-law due-process false-statement fifth-amendment perjury seventh-circuit
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unconstitutionally affirmed the district court's denial of the petitioner's request for relief from the longstanding federal statute prohibiting felons from possessing firearms, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), based on petitioner's as applied Second Amendment claim, that his first time, non violent, criminal offense and other particular circumstances do not warrant a firearms-disqualification.

Whether the Federal Statute prohibiting felons from possessing firearms, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), is unconstitutional as applied to petitioner.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Seventh Circuit's holding that knowingly making a false statement under penalty of perjury in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding violates the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-01-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2020)
2019-09-12
Application (19A282) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until January 11, 2020.
2019-09-09
Application (19A282) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 12, 2019 to January 11, 2020, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Leo Stoller
Leo Stoller — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent