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United States v. Mitchell

United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
Nov 17, 2022
1:22-00111-KD-MU (S.D. Ala. Nov. 17, 2022)

Summary

finding that Bruen “did not change the regulatory framework that prohibits felons from possessing firearms” and that “the Eleventh Circuit has previously rejected a Second Amendment challenge to 922(g) in [Rozier]”

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Opinion

1:22-00111-KD-MU

11-17-2022

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff v. CHRISTOPHER WAYNE MITCHELL Defendant.


ORDER

KRISTI K. DuBOSE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Mitchell's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 26) and the Government's Response (Doc. 37).

As explained in the United States brief and adopted as the Court's reasoning (Doc. 37, pp. 3-12), by reaffirming and adhering to its reasoning in D.C. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008) and McDonald v. City of Chicago, Ill., 561 U.S. 742, 130 S.Ct. 3020, 177 L.Ed.2d 894 (2010) the Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 213 L.Ed.2d 387, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022) did not change the regulatory framework that prohibits felons from possessing firearms. Moreover, the Eleventh Circuit has previously rejected a Second Amendment challenge to 922(g)(1) in United States v. Rozier, 598 F.3d 768 (11th Cir. 2010). Accordingly, Mitchell's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 26) is DENIED.

DONE and ORDERED


Summaries of

United States v. Mitchell

United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
Nov 17, 2022
1:22-00111-KD-MU (S.D. Ala. Nov. 17, 2022)

finding that Bruen “did not change the regulatory framework that prohibits felons from possessing firearms” and that “the Eleventh Circuit has previously rejected a Second Amendment challenge to 922(g) in [Rozier]”

Summary of this case from United States v. Isaac
Case details for

United States v. Mitchell

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff v. CHRISTOPHER WAYNE MITCHELL…

Court:United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama

Date published: Nov 17, 2022

Citations

1:22-00111-KD-MU (S.D. Ala. Nov. 17, 2022)

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