No. 24-6063

Benjamin Tyree Townsel v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, violates the Second Amendment.

II. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional as applied to Mr. Townsel's intrastate possession of a firearm.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior criminal convictions violates the Second Amendment and exceeds Congressional Commerce Clause authority

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-12
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 2, 2025)
2024-10-18
Application (24A371) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 28, 2024.
2024-10-16
Application (24A371) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 29, 2024 to November 29, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Benjamin Townsel
Meghan CollinsOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent