No. 24-5087

Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defendant's possession.

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

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defendant's possession

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-07-29
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-07-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 15, 2024)

Attorneys

Travis Wayne Lovings
Kristin L. DavidsonFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent