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Raymond Holloway, Jr. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 18-3595 · judgment January 17, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 19, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 14% cert probability (95% interval 8%–22%)

Before the decision, about 3.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Third Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition citing three to ten dissents.

Question presented

Does a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violate the Second Amendment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph Gary Samuel Greenlee
NRA-ILA

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
5 cert-stage

Order
Order list, April 19, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 19 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 24 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
  3. Mar 23 2021
    Reply of petitioner Raymond Holloway, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Mar 10 2021
    Brief of respondents Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Feb 26 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Neal Goldfarb filed.
  6. Feb 02 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 10, 2021.
  7. Feb 01 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 1, 2021 to March 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Jan 28 2021
    Motion of Robert M. Wilkinson, Acting Attorney General, et al. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (January 29, 2021)
  9. Jan 26 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 1, 2021.
  10. Jan 25 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 8, 2021 to March 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Jan 07 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of American Constitutional Rights Union filed.
  12. Jan 07 2021
    Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute, et al. filed.
  13. Jan 07 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Montana Shooting Sports Association, Inc. filed.
  14. Jan 06 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Foundation, California Gun Rights Foundation, Second Amendment Foundation, And Madison Society Foundation filed.
  15. Dec 31 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 8, 2021.
  16. Dec 29 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2021 to February 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  17. Dec 03 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2021)