| 25A888 |
Patrick Tate Adamiak v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-02-05 |
Application |
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bruen-standard criminal-possession firearm-relics national-firearms-act second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 24-120 |
David Schieferle v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
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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… |
| 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… |
| 20-7301 |
Bernandino Gawala Bolatete v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment article-i congress-power-to-tax congressional-power criminal-law criminal-punishment firearms-regulation national-firearms-act suppressor-registration taxation-clause tenth-amendment |
Petitioner was convicted under 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871, sections of the National Firearms Act that impose criminal penalties of up to 10 years' … |
| 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.… |
| 19-5098 |
Ronald F. White, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split constructive-possession criminal-intent criminal-law evidence-requirement firearm-registration mens-rea national-firearms-act staples-v-united-states |
In Staples v. United States, the Court held that to obtain a conviction under 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), the government was required to prove that the defen… |
| 18-7922 |
Thomas Isaac LaFleur v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-registration firearm-definition national-firearms-act second-amendment staples-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-freed weapon-classification |
Did the Eleventh Circuit court of Appeals error in denying the Petitioner's SubjctMatter Jurisdiction claim, where the charging documents statute [26 … |
| 18-936 |
Jeremy Kettler v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment congressional-taxing-power constitutional-challenge constitutional-law cox-v-new-hampshire due-process murdock-v-pennsylvania national-firearms-act second-amendment sound-suppressor standing statutory-interpretation tax taxation united-states-v-sonzinsky |
1. Whether the National Firearms Act of 1934, upheld in Sonzinsky, continues to be a constitutional exercise of Congress's taxing power when the justi… |
| 18-5541 |
Darren Kyle Stepp-Zafft v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-penalty due-process firearms-regulation national-firearms-act nfa-firearms right-to-bear-arms second-amendment tax taxation united-states-constitution |
Is 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) a valid exercise of Congress's power to tax? |