Gun rights for felons
Chadin Derron Kelly v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Chadin Derron Kelly asks the Supreme Court to review his challenge to the federal law restricting firearm possession by people with felony convictions, including whether it violates the Second Amendment and applies to a firearm that crossed state lines before he possessed it.
- What's at stake
- Kelly's challenge remains unresolved; the Supreme Court has not agreed to review it.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
He also asks the Court to wipe out the Fifth Circuit’s ruling and send the case back for reconsideration based on an intervening circuit decision.
The challenged law is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which restricts firearm possession by people with felony convictions.
Question presented
1. Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand for reconsideration because of an intervening circuit decision that may invalidate precedent on which the panel opinion below relies. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 3. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on the firearm crossing state lines at some point before the defendant came to possess it.
What happens next
The next step is for the Court to decide whether to hear the case. No argument or decision date is set.
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