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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

  1. Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—convicted felon in possession of a firearm—facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment?

  2. 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

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 26 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jun 09 2025
    Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
  4. May 13 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 18, 2025)