No. 24-6102
Cleate Wilson v. United States
IFP
Tags: commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference:
2025-02-21
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. Wilson'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
2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-10
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2024-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2025)
Attorneys
Cleate Wilson
Meghan Collins — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent