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Alphonso Lataurean James v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-11972 · judgment April 30, 2025
Question presented
The questions presented for review are: (1) Is whether Application Note 14(b) unreasonably interprets the text of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), such that no deference to the commentary is justified. (2) Based on the Supreme Court's course of correction in how the constitutionality of firearms regul ations is reviewed under the Second Amendment, 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to Mr. James. There is no relevantly similar analogue in the historical tradition for the 922(g)(l)'s permanent disbarment of all felons. As a result, Mr. James 922(g)(1) conviction violates the 2nd Amendment, and this Court should exercise its discretion and find that Mr. James, suffered plain error under "Rahimi Case", when the district court found facts necessary to establish the 922(g)(1) conviction. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alphonso Lataurean James
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 06 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 18 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
- Mar 04 2026Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Jan 27 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 4, 2026.
- Jan 23 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 2, 2026 to March 4, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 31 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 2, 2026.
- Dec 30 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 2, 2026 to February 2, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 30 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 2, 2026)