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Brant Davis v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-20258 · judgment March 31, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether the government may deprive citizens of their Second Amendment rights because they were previously convicted of a non-violent crime.
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Whether the government’s prosecution of petitioner under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on his non-violent prior convictions violates the Second Amendment.
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Whether application of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) to petitioner violated the Commerce Clause where the only proof of a nexus between his firearm possession and interstate commerce consisted of the fact that the firearm had crossed a state line at some point before coming into petitioner’s possession.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Rosa Victoria Garcia-Cross
Federal Public Defender's Office
For respondent
D. John Sauer
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
Order
Order list, October 6, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jul 17 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jul 10 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jun 30 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 1, 2025)