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James P. Cusick, Sr. v. Department of Justice

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 23-1963 · judgment February 10, 2026


Certiorari denied · June 8, 2026

Questions presented

OUESTION(S) PRESENTED

  1. Is the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) constitutional or not ?

  2. Does the American government have a right to violate the specific words of the Second Amendment ? That the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed.

  3. Can an individual citizen claim his right under the Constitution as it is written? That a citizen already has the right to keep and bear arms and that the government shall not infringe on that, or is that no longer the reality in the United States ?

  4. Can the government deny any other Constitutional right by a similar easy process? LIST OF PARTIES All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. A list of all parties to the proceeding in the court whose judgment is the subject of this petition is as follows:

  5. James P Cusick Sr 24395 old Hollywood Rd Hollywood, MD. 20636-2141

  6. The U. S, Dept of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 In the District Court for Maryland, Cusick was the Plaintiff / Complainant. The D.O. J. was the Defendant. In the U.S. Fourth Circuit, Cusick was the Plaintiff-Appellant. The D.O. J. was the Defendant-Appellee.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James P. Cusick Sr.

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 08 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 20 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
  3. May 15 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Dept. of Justice to respond filed.
  4. Apr 20 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 22, 2026)