No. 21-6120

Javier Perez v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms heller-interpretation immigration second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment DueProcess FourthAmendment FifthAmendment Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether an undocumented immigran t like Javier Perez, who came to
the United States over 15 years ago and de veloped substantial ties to this country
during that time, is among "the people" who possess the "inherent" and"preexisting" right of armed self-defense codified in the Second Amendment,
District of Columbia v. Heller
, 554 U.S. 570, 628 (2008), a question on which the
Circuits are split.

2. Whether the Second Circuit flouted Heller by reviewing the
constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5 ), barring undocumented immigrants from
possessing a firearm in any circumstance, under a deferential "interest-balancing"test and then by upholding the law despite acknowledging its substantial
overbreadth and lack of empirical basis. Al ternatively, whether this petition should
be held pending the Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.
Bruen , No. 20-843 (argument set for November 3, 2021), raising the same complaint
concerning the Second Circuit's review (and upholding) of a New York law barringpersons from publicly carrying firearms.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether undocumented-immigrants have 2nd-amendment-rights

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-12-29
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-11-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 29, 2021.
2021-11-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 29, 2021 to December 29, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-10-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2021)

Attorneys

Javier Perez
Yuanchung LeeFederal Defenders of New York, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent