No. 25-5460

Joseph Thompson, Sr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: common-law federal-prosecution homicide self-defense stand-ground violent-felony
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

In Beard v. United States, 158 U.S. 550 (1895) and Brown v. United States, 256 U.S. 335 (1921), this Court recognized the common law right to stand one's ground and to prevent the commission of a violent felony. In a prosecution for homicide in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1 or § 1112, does the right to self-defense include the common law right to stand one's ground and to defend against a violent or forcible felony?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the right to self-defense in a federal homicide prosecution includes the common law right to stand one's ground and to defend against a violent or forcible felony

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-09-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2025)

Attorneys

joseph Thompson
Darren Elliot MillerFederal Public Defender - District of ND, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent