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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 24-5261 | Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-08-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment | L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 24-5229 | Justin Levar Taylor v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-08-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | (1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the statute that prohibits firearm possession by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by i… |
| 24-120 | David Schieferle v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-08-02 | Denied | 2nd-amendment atf-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-silencer national-firearms-act second-amendment self-defense silencers | Whether items such as inline fuel filters and firearms solvent traps, which might be able to function to muffle or silence the report of a firearm, ca… | |
| 24-5211 | Jerod Askew v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation | Whether a jury instruction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, requires reference to "mere p… |
| 24-101 | John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts | Massachusetts | 2024-07-31 | Denied | Response Waived | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-liability due-process firearm-licensing firearms home-possession interstate-travel licensing residence second-amendment | John Cassidy legally purchased common firearms in Texas and carried them to Massachusetts as part of his move to the state in 2010. 1. What type of '… |
| 24-5112 | Austin Wayne Massey v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment | L. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas… |
| 24-5103 | David Thomas Overman v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation | L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 24-5101 | Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation | L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 24-5089 | Devonte Antonio Veasley v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-07-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances due-process facial-challenge firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which restricts the Second Amendment rights of all users of controlled substances, facially unconstitutional? |
| 24-5087 | Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment | 1. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defenda… |
| 24-5043 | Cortlin Reese v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)( 9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022)… |
| 23-7693 | Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment? Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) permits conviction for the receipt of any firearm that has ev… |
| 23-7692 | Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. II. … |
| 23-7689 | Ardis Williams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing | L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 23-7682 | Daniel Loyola, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment appellate-review constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit firearms plain-error statutory-interpretation united-states-v-bruen | I. Mr. Loyola pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), which criminalizes the transfer or possession of a machinegun. On appeal, Mr. Loyola att… |
| 23-7662 | Felix Olivas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-power felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.… |
| 23-7481 | Maurice Owen Wiley v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms firearms-possession hobbs-act | DOES THE IMPOSITION OF CONSECUTIVE PUNISHMENTS FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HOBBS ACT ROBBERY IN VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and CONSPIRACY TO POSSES… |
| 23-7402 | Dequon Reon Stovall v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas… |
| 23-7357 | Jesus Robledo Aguilar v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-05-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drugs firearms safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation | Does simultaneous constructive possession of drugs and firearms disqualify a defendant for safety valve relief? |
| 23-1171 | Terrance Guinn v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-30 | Denied | Response Waived | collateral-review constitutional-law due-process factual-innocence federal-habeas firearm-possession firearms rehaif retroactive-application statutory-interpretation | Under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e), petitioner can collaterally challenge their convictions on any ground cognizable on collateral review,… |
| 23-7304 | Michael Anthony Granado v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-04-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession music-videos relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit uncharged-offenses | The United States Sentencing Guidelines directs courts to use uncharged offenses in its calculation of a defendant's guideline range if the uncharged… |
| 23-7305 | Ronald Jerome Davis, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 23-7288 | Jorge Bartolomei v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether the statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a te… |
| 23-7222 | Evaristo Contreras Silva v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof criminal-firearm-possession criminal-law firearms immigration immigration-status intent-element mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | Whether, in prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), the Government must–in order to separate wrongful acts from innocent acts–offer direct evidence … |
| 23-7225 | Leroy Hoyle v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. II. … |
| 23-7125 | Alberto Jimenez Pastrana v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.… |
| 23-7075 | Breon D. Hicks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-03-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions section-924(c) section-924c unlawful-user | I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY INSTRUCTED THE JURY CONCERNING THE SECTION 924(c) CHARGES? II. WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED A KNOWING… |
| 23-7049 | Daniel Arsenio Rodgers v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-03-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-lab criminal-procedure enhancement evidence-interpretation firearms naked-eye sentencing-guidelines serial-number visible | Whether the district court erred in applying a four-level enhancement under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for "altered or obliterated" serial number,… |
| 23-6881 | Miguel Salinas, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-03-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-travel second-amendment standing | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).… |
| 23-6869 | Corey Jarren Forbito v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-02-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment certiorari-petition circuit-split civil-rights constitutional constitutional-challenge due-process firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? Subsidiary Question: Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pending Un… |
| 23-879 | Caleb Barnett, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2024-02-14 | Denied | Amici (3)Relisted (7) | 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms firearms-ban gun-rights second-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent | Whether Illinois' sweeping ban on common and long-lawful arms violates the Second Amendment. |
| 23-685 | Devaughn Dorsey v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-12-26 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering | A. Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tamperi… |
| 23-6285 | Kenneth Paiva v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation legislative-power statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause . |
| 23-6042 | Joel Flores v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-11-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process fair-warning firearm-possession firearms statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness | Whether 18 U.S.C.§924(c) provides fair warning of what constitutes possession of a firearm "in furtherance of" a drug offense as opposed to possession… |
| 23-455 | United States v. Litsson Antonio Perez-Gallan | Fifth Circuit | 2023-10-31 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge domestic-violence due-process firearms firearms-possession protective-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence protective orders, violates the Second… |
| 23-5908 | Michael James Choulat v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-10-30 | Denied | IFP | which expands the application of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) agency-deference criminal-law drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether Kisor's limits on courts' deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation permitted deference to Comment 14(B), which expands th… |
| 23-374 | Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range | Third Circuit | 2023-10-10 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process felons felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable by … |
| 23-5369 | Dallas Terrell Smith v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-08-16 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split criminal-law false-statement false-statements firearms firearms-transaction jury-instructions materiality statutory-interpretation | In the Eleventh Circuit, in a prosecution for making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922… |
| 23-5290 | Littleton William Clark v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-08-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law district-court double-jeopardy due-process felony-offense firearms guideline-application sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether the District Court erred in interpreting Note 14(c) of §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when it applied a four-level enhancement pursuant to §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) fo… |
| 23-5188 | Mark Anthony Roy v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether the Second Amendment forbids application of 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) to persons who have no conviction for violent conduct, nor any offense more s… |
| 23-5194 | Andra Green v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act predicate-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Mr. Green is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to a single count of using a firearm during a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). H… |
| 22-7707 | Kelvun Montrail Williams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-06-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022). |
| 22-7524 | Larry Carl Mack v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-05-11 | Denied | IFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 22-7320 | Mary Gonzales v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-04-19 | Denied | IFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm or ammunition solely because they crossed state lines at some point before they… |
| 22-976 | Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Michael Cargill | Fifth Circuit | 2023-04-07 | Judgment Issued | Amici (21)Relisted (4) | 2nd-amendment administrative-law atf atf-rule bump-stock firearms firearms-regulation machinegun-definition national-firearms-act statutory-interpretation trigger-mechanism | Whether a bump stock device is a "machinegun" as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) because it is designed and intended for use in converting a rifle into a… |
| 22-915 | United States v. Zackey Rahimi | Fifth Circuit | 2023-03-21 | Judgment Issued | Amici (69)Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders, violates the Secon… |
| 22-622 | Nadine Gazzola, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. | Second Circuit | 2023-01-09 | Denied | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights dealer firearms firearms-regulation government-overreach licensing-scheme natural-resources-defense-council second-amendment standing winter-standard | 1. Is there a likelihood of success on the merits under Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council that the meaning and purpose of "to keep," as in… | |
| 22-6423 | Michael Deshawn Homer v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-12-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms police-power | Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-6337 | Lonnie Charles Williams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-12-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 22-6323 | Luis R. Figueroa-Gonzalez v. United States | First Circuit | 2022-12-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence firearm-alteration firearms knowledge-inference machine-gun mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation supervised-release | Whether the presence of a visible alteration in a seized firearm is sufficient to satisfy the government's burden to prove that the defendant knew of … |
| 22-5691 | Meamen Jean Nyah v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-09-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-rule-404b federal-rules-of-evidence firearms firearms-case judicial-interpretation prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence | Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) should be construed, contrary to its purpose and history, as a rule of inclusion resulting in certain admissib… |
| 22-5639 | Eddie Dewayne Thomas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-09-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 22-5580 | Derrick Dion Ingram v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-09-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-enhancement firearms guideline-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation | Where U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) directs a four-level increase in offense level when a defendant possesses a firearm "in connection with another felony… |
| 22-5406 | Daniel Edward Gonzalez v. California | California | 2022-08-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute drug-possession due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession firearms second-amendment | California Health and Safety Code section 11370.1 makes possessing certain drugs while armed a felony. Because mere misdemeanor drug possession is a n… |
| 22-5190 | Rafael Cortez-Oropeza v. United States | First Circuit | 2022-07-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | admissibility-of-evidence atf bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-firearms criminal-procedure evidence expert-testimony firearms interstate-commerce judicial-discretion legal-standard | 1. Should certiorari be granted where the district court itself called this case a "close" situation when an unqualified Special Agent with the Bureau… |
| 22-76 | Keith L. Carnes v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-07-26 | Denied | Amici (2) | 2nd-amendment circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-use due-process firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation unlawful-user | Whether the government, to establish that the defendant is an "unlawful user" of a controlled substance, must show the defendant's regular or habitual… |
| 21-8272 | Robert Edward Guerra v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 21-7971 | Gaston Salazar-Sanchez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-05-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-7835 | Michael Perryman v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-05-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law due-process firearm-statute firearms legal-interpretation precedent precedential-reasoning sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether the mere possession reasoning in Bailey and Bousley retain precedential value in regard to "use" of a firearm under the amended Section 924(c)… |
| 21-7529 | Jesse Dean Mince v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-04-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 21-7519 | Nathan Lee Tamez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-04-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | discretionary-review due-process firearms guidelines sentencing supervisory-powers | Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–which affirmed the decision of the District Court t… |
| 21-7459 | Robbie Catchings, aka Robert Brown, aka Robbie Catching v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-03-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law firearm-possession firearms jury-instructions jury-verdict knowingly-possessed statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence | Whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's verdict that petitioner knowingly possessed a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). |
| 21-7359 | Kaleb Gattis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-03-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the in definite past, … |
| 21-1215 | Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2022-03-08 | Denied | Amici (3)Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment administrative-law agency-interpretation bump-stocks chevron-deference criminal-law criminal-statute firearms machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the definition of "machinegun" found in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) is clear and unambiguous, and whether bump stocks meet that definition? 2. Whet… |
| 21-7195 | James Leon Higgins v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-02-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearms firearms-possession interstate-commerce perjury-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-6974 | Alfredo Gonzalez v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction | Connecticut | 2022-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | accessory-liability burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-enhancement firearms jury-determination manslaughter sentencing | Does Connecticut's statutory scheme of accessory to manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm violate Due Process, in that it allows for an incr… |
| 21-6993 | Damon Willis v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions prohibited-status rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen | Does Rehaif v. United States preclude a jury instruction that the federal government must prove a defendant knew his prohibited status made it illegal… |
| 21-6926 | Willie Wilcher v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-01-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-provisions criminal-law due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard procedural-requirements rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions | Wlu4er He Low<tf Courh fai j urtsAicfan fa tJWn decJ? fa CAtej i*Sed P-eh<if \js 2/<?/ faoli), An^ fa gownm^ Few fro^ por veriifW- Hef Pekb^,%/fav he… |
| 21-6852 | Joedon Bradley v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | assets constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process employment-history felon-in-possession firearms in-forma-pauperis indigence monthly-income second-amendment support-obligations | Question not identified. |
| 21-902 | Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2021-12-20 | GVR | Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | 2nd-amendment arms-possession civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-regulation heller-precedent second-amendment self-defense standing takings | Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom… |
| 21-895 | John Rodrigues, Jr. v. County of Hawaii, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-12-16 | Denied | civil-rights due-process federal-preemption firearms firearms-law law-enforcement leosa preemption qualified-retired-officer statutory-interpretation | Does LEOSA (18 U.S.C. Sec. 966C) preempt State firearms laws that prohibit the transport, carrying and possession of firearms by a Qualified Retired L… | |
| 21-6589 | Lamont Guinyard v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-12-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes a defendant's possession of a firearm or ammunition, is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's … |
| 21-6581 | Derek Jerome Moore v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-power firearms interstate-commerce | 1. Whether Congress exceed its Commerce Clause power when it enacted 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)? 2. Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), evidence that a … |
| 21-6482 | Calvin Wayne Thomas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-12-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-816 | Melvyn Gear v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-12-01 | Denied | appellate-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process firearms greer-v-united-states legal-status plain-error rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | This case presents two questions for review. 1. In Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), this Court held in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §… | |
| 21-6148 | Lonnie Earl Parlor v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking enhancement-factors firearm-possession firearms relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines specific-offense-characteristics statutory-maximum uncharged-conduct | This case presents unsettled and important questions related to the scope and application of "relevant conduct" to prove specific offense characterist… |
| 21-6120 | Javier Perez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-10-28 | Denied | IFP | 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms heller-interpretation immigration second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants | 1. Whether an undocumented immigran t like Javier Perez, who came to the United States over 15 years ago and de veloped substantial ties to this count… |
| 21-6044 | Kenneth Jay Still v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-10-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | affirmative-defense criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit firearm-possession firearms justification justification-defense police-contact prohibited-person self-defense | Several circuits have held that justification is a cognizable affirmative defense to the charge of being a prohibited person in possession of a firear… |
| 21-6046 | Jacques Lisbey v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face and as-applied because Congress lacks the power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize… |
| 21-5958 | Aaron Christopher Pleasant v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-10-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-regulation federal-power firearms statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. |
| 21-5659 | Willie Powell v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms united-states-v-lopez | WHETHER THE "MINIM AL NEXUS" TEST EMPLOYED BY THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT TO AFFIRM MR. POWELL'S CONVICTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. §922(G) AS A FELON IN POSSESSION … |
| 21-5503 | Eric Henry Woodberry and Bradford Marselas Johnson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-length firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea prosecutorial-burden sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(B)(i) requires the government to prove that a defendant knew of the length of the firearm carried during the commission … |
| 21-5484 | Sylvia Diaz v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-08-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy criminal-law due-process equal-protection firearms licensed-dealer mens-rea selective-prosecution straw-purchase | Petitioner plead guilty to one count of conspiring to commit straw purchases of firearms (as proscribed by 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6)) in violation of 18 U… |
| 21-5455 | Emmanuel Granados v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-08-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power firearms firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a fire arm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. |
| 21-5432 | Deangelo Lenard Johnson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-08-20 | Denied | IFP | criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession firearms knowledge-of-status mens-rea misdemeanor-conviction rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | Whether, to support Rehaif's knowledge-of-status element in a prosecution for unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a misdemeanor … |
| 21-5270 | Robert Stanard v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-interpretation legal-challenge personal-property state-law takings | 1. Does the taxing powers oF Congress negahes Operson's Possessory Vakeresd in Suineralip of A Ciena, A. Where doos Ivhersioke Commern bean ond end W… |
| 21-5001 | Ronald D. Smith v. Illinois | Illinois | 2021-07-02 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-proportionality criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-enhancement firearms illinois-constitution legislative-revival sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether the legislature revived the firearm enhancement in Section 720 ILCS 5/8-4 (B-D) (West 2000) amended by Public Act 91-404 that was declared unc… |
| 21-5006 | Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-07-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearms standing takings | Question not identified. |
| 20-8330 | Ilmane Charone Campas Strong v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms judicial-fact-finding mandatory-minimum sixth-amendment supervised-release | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 20-8280 | Trent Slone v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-06-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acquittal drug-possession due-process fifth-amendment firearms firearms-violation presumption-of-innocence sentencing | 1.Does the presumption of innocence and the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment protect a defendant at a firearms violation sentencing when th… |
| 20-8071 | Delson Marc v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-05-19 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms mens-rea rehaif-standard statutory-interpretation | In Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191, 2194 (2019), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g) and 924(a)(2) require that the government prov… |
| 20-7867 | Howard Allen Groffel v. Virginia | Virginia | 2021-04-27 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession firearms protective-order protective-orders status-crime status-crimes | Groffel was convicted five times for transporting one firearm in violation of five separate protective orders. This case poses a clear question of law… |
| 20-7682 | Antoine Barnes v. Salinas Superior Court Judge | Ninth Circuit | 2021-04-07 | Denied | IFP | case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection firearms first-amendment jurisdiction legal-provisions standing supreme-court writ | Question not identified. |
| 20-7476 | Jose Armondo Ramos Cabrera v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-03-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure defendant-objection due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review two-level-enhancement | Whether the court erred when it denied defendant's objection to the two level enhancement for possession of a firearm |
| 20-7428 | Aldo Marones v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal civil-rights due-process evidence firearms sentencing | Question not identified. |
| 20-7360 | Emmanuel Feaster v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-03-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), "[i]t shall be unlawful" for certain individuals to possess firearms that have traveled in interstate… |
| 20-7314 | Willard Lee Moss, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-03-03 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-conviction criminal-law domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit legal-error mens-rea rehaif rehaif-error | Whether the Fourth Circuit erred when it affirmed Moss's conviction for possession of a firearm by a domestic violence offender, where the evidence in… |
| 20-7215 | Sunni Askari Newell v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-02-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT HAS MISCONSTRUED U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), CONTRARY TO EVERY OTHER CIRCUIT, RESULTING IN DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF FIREARMS … |
| 20-7122 | Adam Lloyd Cooper v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-02-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea rosemond-v-united-states | Whether Sec. 924(c) contains a specific mens rea requirement that requires one to know more than that firearms are "tools of the trade" for drug traff… |
| 20-7038 | David Paul Martinez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-05 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-921-a-33 criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearms firearms-possession mens-rea misdemeanor-domestic-violence plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent | 1. Whether Mr. Martinez's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), possession of a firearm after a conviction for a "misdemeanor crime of dome… |
| 20-7018 | Lawrence Westbrook, III v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-02-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion enhancement firearm-enhancement firearms sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines | I. Whether the district court erred by applying a six-level enhancement pursuant to USSG § 2K2.1(b)(1)(C). II. Whether the district court erred by ap… |
| 20-6964 | Dallas Ray Morales v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | ammunition-possession commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past… |
| 20-6878 | Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 20-6811 | Jesus Eder Moreno Ornelas v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-01-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | attempted-murder due-process felon-in-possession firearms jury plain-error-review rehaif-standard sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment | A. The government failed to overcome the presumption of innocence when the jury could not reach a verdict on an attempted murder count. Did it violate… |
| 20-6640 | James David Perryman v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-12-16 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 20-6492 | Calvin James v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-12-01 | Denied | IFP | administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms government-power interstate-commerce sentencing statutory-interpretation | i,) i-ld'iA/ rr£ &6\/£gMrtE.iJT :TrAJhrc %bFo&£ r^sr /}pP£ A £Ahic£ di. f%& -,Td*ZUs»h Wt A :m& ?/ Auo Ntjlsc Fo/c o£ Pea,*, of,,* T7 &j%/ -A ^ ? $>)… |
| 20-6420 | Oscar Urias Espinoza, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-11-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 20-627 | E. H., III v. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing | Florida | 2020-11-10 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-review civil-rights concealed-carry constitutional-law due-process expungement expungement-order firearms firearms-permit full-faith-and-credit state-reciprocity | Did the Florida Court of Appeal commit reversible error and abuse its discretion in declining to recognize and apply Petitioner's New Jersey Expungeme… |
| 20-6249 | Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness | 1. Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop… |
| 20-6197 | Gregory C. Raymore v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-11-03 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law due-process firearms indictment jury-instructions mens-rea | A. Whether Petitioner's conviction must be vacated because (1) the indictment failed to alleg e an essential element of the offense–that Petitioner kn… |
| 20-6192 | Jamal Aikeem Hutchinson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-11-02 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation | In Rehaif v. United States, this Court held that "in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and § 924(a)(2), the Government must prove both that the d… |
| 20-572 | James R. Young v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-10-30 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-review criminal-law criminal-penalties felon-in-possession felony-possession firearm-statute firearms habeas-corpus interstate-commerce retroactivity | (1) - Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) provides for Criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate Commerce, absent proof that they knew… |
| 20-5875 | Terrence D. Marsh v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-10-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment criminal-procedure defense-right evidence firearm-prosecution firearms rosemond-precedent rosemond-v-united-states section-924c sixth-amendment statements-against-interest | Whether the Court violated Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65 (2014), when finding Marsh had advance knowledge of the presence of a firearm in his… |
| 20-5650 | Carlos Cruz-Rivera v. United States | First Circuit | 2020-09-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-procedure firearms firearms-conviction first-step-act judicial-review retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C), which as clarified and as amended by the First Step Act of 2018, precludes aggravated punishment for second firearms… |
| 20-5558 | Anthony Smith v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-09-02 | Denied | Relisted (3)IFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions knowledge-element mens-rea plain-error prohibited-possession | 1. Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that appellant Anthony Smith… |
| 19-8720 | Ankit Puri v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law firearms immigration jury-instructions rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence | 1) Whether, in light of this Court's decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), the indictment and jury instructions omitted an essen… |
| 19-8361 | Tyrone Price v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process firearms ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief racketeering sentencing sentencing-phase | Does sy2uce) conretron smpport assault uith a dungerons weapon in aid of racketeering under 18 U.S.C19saca)c3).? Does the elements clause ofa 39luce) … |
| 19-8113 | Johnny R. Andoe v. Joe Biden, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-03-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms government-restrictions individual-rights natural-born-citizens personal-liberty second-amendment voting-rights | Na-ior^l kofr^ USt perjo^S /°W ' TR£ fifOflp''on J (*•) - /- 7 C, r. 7-CnS . (a) £5 ,V ior>i l/A ptrbonS 1Con$V,iui; dr\cc( to <//J (V,'A?/'o«/f &e.tu… |
| 19-8013 | Keith Alexander v. Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 2020-03-17 | Denied | IFP | criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns criminal-sentencing due-process federal-appellate-review firearms ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation mandatory-minimum mental-capacity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction | Question not identified. |
| 19-7873 | Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-03-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction | Mr. Alexis appeal asked Justices Gorsuch and Kagan to overturn Defendant's knowledge of his two prior felony convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Aff… |
| 19-7217 | Rickey Thompson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause firearms johnson-davis-doctrine johnson-v-united-states mandatory-minimum second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine | L. Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8) is unconstitutionally vague pursuant to Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and … |
| 19-6902 | Samir Benamor v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-12-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | antique-firearm burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation | Whether, in a 922(g)(1) prosecution, the Government bears the burden of proving that the defendant knew the charged firearm has the characteristics th… |
| 19-6849 | Cedric Sharrod Williams v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-12-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-court-review controlled-substance criminal-law drug-crimes due-process firearm-proximity firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether the fourth circuit court of appeals erred in concluding that, despite the controlled substance [heroin] in this matter having been locked in a… |
| 19-6791 | Bryan Lamon Burnett v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-11-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 6th-circuit 8th-circuit appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines | SHOULD THE COURT GRANT CERTIORARI TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL IN THE APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINE SE… |
| 19-6757 | Jamal Bowens v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-11-26 | Denied | IFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court | 1. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct… |
| 19-6722 | Robin Leach, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-11-25 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-922 constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession firearms legal-status mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | (1) Did the Petitionee 1 know that finding mens-rea of knowing in a gun or fifeafm statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Rehaif v. See ,e .g. United States , … |
| 19-664 | Eugene H. Williams, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-11-22 | Denied | Response Waived | 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence coram-nobis criminal-conviction criminal-procedure destructive-devices firearms firearms-violations ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mens-rea statutory-interpretation writ-of-coram-nobis | 1. Whether Petitioner is innocent of the charges resulting from a complete miscarriage of justice based upon the facts herein and is therefore qualifi… |
| 19-6711 | Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-11-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 19-6569 | Keyon W. Carraway v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-11-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether there is a reasonable probability that the court of appeals would conclud e that Rehaif v. United States , __U.S.__, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (June 2… |
| 19-6420 | Christopher Mark Heath v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-10-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy conspiracy-law criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | The mere presence of a firearm at the scene of a drug trafficking offense constitutes possession of the firearm "in furtherance of" the conspiracy for… |
| 19-6372 | Kelby Germaine Parson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-24 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness | I. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. … |
| 19-6220 | Nerses Nick Bronsozian v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-09 | GVR | IFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-prosecution due-process firearms firearms-regulation national-firearms-act registration statutory-construction taxation taxation-power | When the National Firearms Act ("NFA") was passed in 1934, the sole constitutional authority for the law was Congress's power to tax under U.S. Const.… |
| 19-6119 | Masnik Sainmelus v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court firearm-possession firearms guideline-enhancement guideline-range sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-2k2.1 | 1. Whether The District Court Erred When The Court Increased The Appellant's Guideline Range Four Levels By Finding That The Offense Involved Between … |
| 19-6062 | Priscilla Daydee Valdez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-25 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-924 18-usc-924d 21-usc-853 28-usc-2461 28-usc-2461c ammunition civil-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture firearms firearms-offense procedural-law statutory-interpretation substitute-assets | (1) May a defendant be required to forfeit substitute property in lieu of the firearms and ammunition subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)? … |
| 19-5699 | Robert Gray v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-23 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i… |
| 19-5601 | Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-16 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of th… |
| 19-5623 | Deshawn Legrier v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-08-16 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-possession indictment knowingly-element rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction | In light of this Court's decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019) -- which held that the elements of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 19-5565 | Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-08-13 | GVR | IFP | criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent | Mr. Perez respectfully requests that his 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) conviction be reversed and remanded in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (J… |
| 19-5456 | Ibrahim McCants v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-08-05 | GVR | IFP | anonymous-tip categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility-of-state-statutes domestic-violence due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms fourth-amendment mathis-v-united-states mens-rea police-stop-and-frisk reasonable-suspicion rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation stop-and-frisk supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court-of-appeals | 1. In light of this Court's recent decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgmen… |
| 19-5330 | Maurice Montrae Parks v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-07-26 | GVR | IFP | burden-of-proof constitutional-validity criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether a new trial is warranted where the District Court failed to instruct the jury that, in order to convict a person under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), it … |
| 19-5183 | Miguel Grado v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process firearm-use firearms multiple-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u… |
| 19-5105 | Rudy Espudo v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-justice criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-statute firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense | Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u… |
| 19-5025 | Isaac Thomas v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-01 | GVR | IFP | commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute firearm-possession firearms rehaif rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez | 1. Whether the Court should grant the petition, vacate the judgment, and remand for further proceedings on Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) convicti… |
| 18-9444 | Gregory Greer v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-28 | GVR | IFP | 922(g) 924(a)(2) commerce-clause congressional-authority criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez | 1. Whether—in light of intervening authority in United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)—Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S… |
| 18-9301 | Skip Earnest Ralph Lomax v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-05-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confidential-informant criminal-enhancement criminal-law felon-possession firearms firearms-trafficking intent knowledge mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-use | Did the court below err in finding that the firearms-trafficking enhancement applied when Mr. Lomax did not know that that confidential informant purc… |
| 18-1434 | United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto | District of Columbia | 2019-05-15 | Denied | 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… | |
| 18-9104 | Kurt Zamor v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure common-carrier criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-16 evidence evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony firearms firearms-regulation mens-rea sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation | I. WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FAILED TO PROPERLY APPLY TITLE 18 U.S.C. SECTION 922(e) IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE EVIDENCE WAS SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLIS… |
| 18-9071 | Jason Moody v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-05-01 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-law firearms interstate-commerce knowledge-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(a) provides for criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of thei… |
| 18-1338 | United States v. Joseph Decore Simms | Fourth Circuit | 2019-04-24 | Denied | 18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… | |
| 18-8885 | Jose Roman v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-04-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-activity criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense fifth-circuit-interpretation firearm-enhancement firearms foreseeability presumption presumption-of-use sentencing-guidelines tools-of-the-trade | WHETHER THE GUIDELINES ARE MISAPPLIED LINER 2D1.1 (b)(1) BY MAKING A GENERAL PRESUMPTION THAT FIREARMS ARE "TOOLS OF THE TRADE" AND THAT ALWAYS IS FOR… |
| 18-8830 | Julio Cesar De La Rosa v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-04-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law due-process firearms mens-rea misdemeanor-crime-of-violence physical-force statutory-interpretation voisine-v-united-states | I. Whether this Court's holding in Voisine v. United States, __U.S.__,136 S.Ct. 2272 (2016), that recklessness is consistent with the "use of physical… |
| 18-8799 | Robert Gordon Lockwood v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-04-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bank-robbery bank-robbery-statute categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law descamps-ruling due-process firearms johnson-ruling mathis-ruling ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent violent-crime | Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Johnson, Mathis, Descamps, and Dimaya Supreme Court rulings because Prince confirmed that the Bank … |
| 18-8493 | Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-03-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-firearm-statute criminal-law-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms juvenile-delinquency juvenile-justice sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation youthful-offender | WHETHER A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER CONVICTION CAN BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF A STATUTE UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) WHERE THE PREVIOUS ADJUDICATION WERE JUVENILE… |
| 18-8133 | Daryl Mingo v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-02-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining drug-trafficking due-process firearm-offense firearms plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sentencing statutory-construction | When Congress enacted and amended 18 U.S.C. Section 924(C)(1)(A) periodically, did Congress give federal criminal courts discretion to make their own … |
| 18-7964 | Rafael Santos v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-02-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking federal-officer firearms motion-for-reduction-of-sentence sentencing-guidelines | WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED PETITIONER'S SECTION 3582(c)(2) MOTION? |
| 18-7920 | Harold A. Habeck, II v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-02-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-procedure,sentencing,mandatory-minimums,d criminal-sentencing discretion drug-offense drug-offenses firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums predicate-crime sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation | "Whether; Dean v. United States, 581 U.S. (2017) permits a district court the discretion to consider less than the mandatory sixty month consecutive s… |
| 18-7863 | Jeffrey Burris v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-02-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing due-process firearms firearms-possession reasonableness reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unregistered | Whether a sixty-month sentence for the simple possession of unregistered firearms, without any evidence suggesting the defendant was doing anything il… |
| 18-7779 | Kenneth William Kirkland v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-02-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law destructive-device federal-courts federal-courts-split federal-statute firearm firearm-regulation firearms parts-possession statutory-interpretation unregistered-firearm | Whether a combination of parts designed or intended for use as a bomb can qualify as a "destructive device" under 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(4) and 26 U.S.C. … |
| 18-7669 | Bertulio Moreno-Alvarez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | L. Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) violates the Second and Fifth Amendments? |
| 18-989 | United States v. Marvin Lewis | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-29 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (3) | 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-offense firearms statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… |
| 18-7609 | Merlin Alston v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 18-usc-926b criminal-law-enforcement-officer-exemption criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Is the conviction of a local poli ce officer, required to carry a service pistol when off duty, excluded from prosecution for violating 18 U.S.C. 9… |
| 18-7352 | Giovanni Ellis v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-7313 | Lewis Templeton v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-01-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure drug-crimes firearms sentencing spatial-connection sufficiency-of-evidence u.s.s.g.-2k2.1(b)(6)(b) waiver | Whether the Tenth Circuit correctly concluded that Mr. Templeton had waived his argument that the evidence was insufficient to support increasing Mr. … |
| 18-7138 | Antonio Alvarez-Moreno v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-12-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process firearms law-enforcement-notification sentencing-guidelines supervised-release vagueness weapon-possession | Are these conditions unconstitutionally vague? |
| 18-7152 | Yosnel Bonet v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-12-20 | Denied | IFP | commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-power federal-prosecution firearm-possession firearms intrastate intrastate-commerce legal-authority possession second-amendment standing supreme-court-review | Question not identified. |
| 18-7123 | Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-12-19 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession firearms legal-knowledge mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense | Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924 require the government to prove a criminal defendant's mens rea as to each substantive element of the enumerated s… |
| 18-7088 | Oscar Raul Mora v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. |
| 18-6771 | Johny Gardner v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-21 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. |
| 18-6563 | Jesus R. Gonzalez-Negron v. United States | First Circuit | 2018-11-06 | Denied | IFP | criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process factual-basis firearm-possession firearms guilty-plea machine-gun-possession plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation | Is evidence of a loaded machine gun and drugs within a person's residence an adequate factual basis to support a guilty plea to possession of a firear… |
| 18-6468 | Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States | First Circuit | 2018-10-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden | This case presents 3 narrow and discrete questions for this Court to consider, viz. - what happens when (a) the Government fails to allege in an indic… |
| 18-428 | United States v. Clifford Raymond Salas | Tenth Circuit | 2018-10-03 | Denied | Relisted (2) | constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… |
| 18-431 | United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-03 | Judgment Issued | Amici (3) | armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness | Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr… |
| 18-5762 | Pedro Garcia v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-08-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-5444 | Kenyan Deon Buchanan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-08-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause commerce-clause-limits commerce-clause-limits,criminal-law,federal-power, constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez | I. This Court and individual Justices have increasingly explained that Congress's power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize conduct otherwise fal… |
| 18-5363 | Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-07-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines | Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any tim… |
| 18-5314 | Shannon Dale Smith v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-07-25 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing criminal-statute firearm firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) increases the sentence of "any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence . . . uses or carries a firearm, o… |
| 18-5241 | Victor Maturino v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-07-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law commentary-amendments destructive-devices double-jeopardy due-process firearms firearms-possession guideline-commentary offense-level-increases rulemaking-authority sentence-enhancement sentencing-commission-process sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | The Sentencing Guidelines in § 2K2.1 setting forth provisions concerning unlawful possession of firearms and specific offense characteristics provide … |