Folajtar v. Barr
Petition for certiorari denied on April 19, 2021
Issue: Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently
prohibits nearly all felons—even those convicted of
nonviolent crimes—from possessing firearms for self-defense, violates the Second Amendment, as applied
to an individual convicted of willfully making a
materially false statement on her tax returns.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Dec 11 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2021) |
| Dec 29 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 14, 2021 to February 15, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 31 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 16, 2021. See Rule 30.1. |
| Jan 12 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Foundation, California Gun Rights Foundation, Second Amendment Foundation, and Madison Society Foundation filed. |
| Jan 14 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Constitutional Rights Union filed. |
| Jan 14 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute filed. |
| Jan 14 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms filed. |
| Jan 21 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2021 to March 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 22 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 17, 2021. |
| Mar 12 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Neal Goldfarb filed. |
| Mar 17 2021 | Brief of respondents Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 30 2021 | Reply of petitioner Lisa Folajtar filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021. |
| Apr 19 2021 | Petition DENIED. |
