Gun rights and self-defense
Fort v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- The Supreme Court refused to hear Garrito Fort’s petition (denied review) of a trial court order barring him from arguing self-defense. It did not decide whether the order violated his Second Amendment rights.
- Who it affects
- Fort did not obtain Supreme Court review, and the Court left unanswered whether barring his self-defense argument violated his Second Amendment rights.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The dispute began with a pretrial order granting the United States' request to keep Fort from arguing self-defense.
Question presented
Were Petitioner’s Second Amendment rights violated when the trial court granted the United States’s pretrial motion to preclude Petitioner from arguing self-defense at trial?
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