No. 23-7280

Dontrell Lavell Thomas v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-04-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2024-05-23
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?

2. Subsidiary Question: Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pending United States v. Rahimi, cert. granted, 143 S. Ct. 2688 (No. 22-915) (oral argument heard Nov. 7, 2023), given the government's concession in its Petition for Certiorari in Garland v. Range, (No. 23-374) that Rahimi presents "closely related Second Amendment issues" with respect to constitutional challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and urges this Court to "hold the petition for a writ of certiorari" in Range "pending its decision Rahimi [?]"

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?

Docket Entries

2024-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
2024-05-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-04-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 28, 2024)

Attorneys

Dontrell Thomas
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent