Gun rights after felony convictions
Jamie Louis Cook v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Jamie Louis Cook challenged the federal law barring people with felony convictions from possessing firearms, arguing that it violates the Second Amendment generally or as applied to him.
- Who it affects
- The denial ended Cook's request for Supreme Court review but did not decide whether the federal ban is constitutional.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied his petition) and did not decide that constitutional question.
The case came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)’s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment, either facially or as applied to the Petitioner?
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