No. 25-5007
IFP
Tags: as-applied-challenge circuit-court firearm-possession intervening-precedent second-amendment state-court-appeal
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Must a state-court appellate system address the merits of a defendant's Second Amendment as-applied challenge to a firearm-possession charge under Rahimi and intervening circuit precedent when those precedents first became available while the defendant's state-court appeal was in the pipeline?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Must a state-court appellate system address the merits of a defendant's Second Amendment as-applied challenge to a firearm-possession charge under Rahimi and intervening circuit precedent when those precedents first became available while the defendant's state-court appeal was in the pipeline?
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-11
Reply of Fredrick Johnson submitted.
2025-08-11
Reply of petitioner Fredrick Johnson filed.
2025-07-31
Brief of Ohio in opposition submitted.
2025-07-31
Brief of respondent Ohio in opposition filed.
2025-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 31, 2025)
2025-04-21
Application (24A999) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 27, 2025.
2025-04-16
Application (24A999) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 28, 2025 to June 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Fredrick Johnson
Ohio
Daniel Tuyen Van — Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent