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Samuel York v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-10178 · judgment April 25, 2025
Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Questions presented
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Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—convicted felon in possession of a firearm—facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment?
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Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Commerce Clause when the government’s only jurisdictional burden is to prove that a part of the firearm crossed state lines at some point in the indeterminate past?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brandon Elliott Beck
Brandon Beck Law
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jun 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jun 09 2025Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- May 13 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 18, 2025)