SCOTUS Gun Watch – Week of 11/15/2021
As we wait for the Supreme Court’s opinion in Bruen to come down later this Term, I’m tracking not only what new Second Amendment challenges are filed, but which ones the Court decides to hold in an anticipation of the outcome in Bruen. Especially as we get closer to an opinion in the case, those decisions about which cases to hold and which to deny cert may give us a picture about how broadly the Court expects its ruling to be. In the meantime, I’ve added one new petition—which is noteworthy for the fact that it challenges the existence of a public carrying licensing scheme in full. Bruen argued that nationwide shall-issue is constitutionally required. Hatch argues that nationwide permitless carry is.
Petitions Pending
|
Case |
Ct. Below |
Pet. Filed |
Implicated Law/Issue |
Status |
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New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (20-843) |
2d Cir. |
17-Dec-20 |
Challenge to New York’s good cause public carry regime |
Cert Granted; argued on Nov. 3 |
|
Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs v. (20-1507) |
3d Cir. |
26-Apr-21 |
Challenge to New Jersey ban on magazines holding 10 rounds or more |
distributed at 27-Sep-2021 conference |
|
(20-1639) |
9th Cir. |
11-May-21 |
Challenge to Hawaii’s restrictive open carry law |
distributed at 27-Sep-2021 conference |
|
(21-159) |
10th Cir. |
2-Aug-2021 |
Challenge to agency deference re the bump stock ban |
reply due @ 3-Dec-2021 |
|
(21-175) |
N.J. Superior Ct. |
4-Aug-2021 |
Challenge to N.J. law permitting firearms seizure/prohibiting possession pursuant to DV restraining order |
response due 29-Nov-2021 (response requested by Court) |
|
(21-514) |
2d Cir. |
4-Oct-2021 |
Fourth Amendment and due process challenges to New York policies about the return of firearms after disqualification |
Cert Denied |
|
(21-667) |
Minn. Sup. Ct. |
1-Nov-2021 |
Challenge to Minnesota’s requirement that a person get a permit to carry in public |
response due 6-Dec-2021 |
Petitions Disposed
|
Case |
Ct. Below |
Pet. Filed |
Implicated Law/Issue |
Status |
|
(20-902) |
11th Cir. |
29-Dec-20 |
As-applied challenge to 922(g)(1) |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-1122) |
App. Ct. Mass. |
2-Nov-20 |
Challenge to Mass. firearm storage law |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-782) |
3d Cir. |
3-Dec-20 |
As-applied challenge to 922(g)(1) |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-819) |
9th Cir. |
9-Dec-20 |
As-applied challenge to 922(g)(4) |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-812) |
3d Cir. |
11-Dec-20 |
As-applied challenge to 922(g)(1) |
Cert Denied |
|
(19-8709) |
11th Cir. |
8-Jun-2020 |
Scope of appellate review for Rehaif errors |
Decided 14-June-2021 |
|
(20-157) |
1st Cir. |
10-Aug-20 |
Fourth Amendment challenge to gun removal |
Decided 17-May-2021 |
|
(20-171) |
6th Cir. |
13-Aug-20 |
Guilty plea under 922(g) without knowledge of disqualifying status
|
Cert Denied |
|
(20-444) |
4th Cir. |
5-Oct-20 |
Guilty plea under 922(g) without being informed that knowledge is an element of the offense (Govt is petitioner) |
Decided 14-June-2021 |
|
(19-1057) |
9th Cir. |
21-Feb-20 |
Warrantless search and seizure of firearms under Fourth Amendment |
Cert Denied |
|
(19-1390) |
4th. Cir. |
12-Jun-20 |
Vagueness challenge to the Armed Career Criminal Act’s elements clause |
Cert Denied |
|
(19-1418) |
Neb. Sup. Ct. |
22-June-20
|
Second and Sixth Amendment challenge to jury-less conviction that can result in gun disqualifer for juveniles |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-416) |
10th Cir. |
24-Sep-20 |
Federal court abstention over Second Amendment claims being adjudicated in state court |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-5579) |
9th Cir. |
27-Aug-20 |
As-applied challenge to 922(g)(1) |
Cert Denied |
|
E.H. v. Florida Dept. Ag. (Pro se) (20-627) |
Fla. Ct. App. |
9-Oct-20 |
Challenge to firearm license denial based on prior mental health commitment |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-522) |
6th Cir. |
16-Oct-20 |
Challenge to ACCA enhancement |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-6046) |
5th Cir. |
13-Oct-20 |
As-applied challenge to 922(g)(8) |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-550) |
5th Cir. |
21-Oct-20 |
Challenge to conviction based on misstatements on Form 4473 (req’d for purchase at a gun dealer) |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-840) |
11th Cir. |
17-Dec-20 |
Fourth Amendment challenge to use of deadly force against person with holstered weapon |
Cert Denied |
|
Libertarian Party of Erie County v. Cuomo (20-1151) |
2d Cir. |
9-Feb-21 |
Challenge to New York’s pistol permit regime |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-1298) |
6th Cir. |
16-Mar-21 |
Failure to give self-defense instruction |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-1419) |
N.J. Superior Ct. |
2-Apr-21 |
Challenge to New Jersey’s good cause public carry law |
Cert Denied |
|
Reyes-Torres, v. United States (20-7714) |
5th Cir. |
5- Apr-2021 |
Challenge to § 922(g)(5) (federal law barring undocumented immigrants from possessing firearms) |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-1640) |
Ohio Sup. Ct. |
21-May-21 |
Challenge to Ohio law barring carrying/using firearms while intoxicated |
Cert Denied |
|
(20-1706) |
Wisc. Sup. Ct. |
4-June-2021 |
Challenge to state law prohibiting firearm possession by non-violent felon |
Cert Denied |
|
(21-104) |
4th Cir. |
22-July-2021 |
As-applied challenge to § 922(g)(9) (conviction for misdemeanor domestic violence offense) |
Cert Denied |