King v. Sessions

2 Citing cases

  1. Williams v. Barr

    379 F. Supp. 3d 360 (E.D. Pa. 2019)   Cited 6 times

    After taking into account the votes of concurring and dissenting judges, and that "when no single rationale explaining the result enjoys the support of a majority of the Court, its holding ‘may be viewed as that position taken by those Members who concurred in the judgments on the narrowest grounds,’ " Judge Ambro's opinion controls the analysis of as-applied challenges in the Third Circuit. SeeBinderup , 836 F.3d at 356-57 ; Miller v. Sessions , 356 F.Supp.3d 472, 479 (E.D. Pa. 2019) ; United States v. Brooks , 341 F.Supp.3d 566, 588 (W.D. Pa. 2018) ; King v. Sessions , No. 17-884, 2018 WL 3008527, at *3 (E.D. Pa. June 15, 2018) ; United States v. Brooks , No. 17-250, 2018 WL 2388817, at *2 (W.D. Pa. May 24, 2018) ; Gurten v. Sessions , 295 F.Supp.3d 511, 519 (E.D. Pa. 2018) ; Keyes v. Sessions , 282 F.Supp.3d 858, 869 (M.D. Pa. 2017) ; Jefferies v. Sessions , 278 F.Supp.3d 831, 839 (E.D. Pa. 2017) ; Zedonis v. Lynch , 233 F.Supp.3d 417, 424-25 (M.D. Pa. 2017). Judge Ambro's opinion held that, when "[r]ead together, Marzzarella and Barton lay out a framework for deciding as-applied challenges to gun regulations."

  2. Folajtar v. Barr

    369 F. Supp. 3d 617 (E.D. Pa. 2019)   Cited 1 times

    "However, the Supreme Court ‘has not yet heard an as-applied challenge to a presumptively lawful ban on firearms possession.’ " King v. Sessions , No. 17-884, 2018 WL 3008527, at *3, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100501, at *6–7 (E.D. Pa. June 15, 2018) (quoting Binderup v. Att'y Gen. , 836 F.3d 336, 359 (3d Cir. 2016) (en banc ), cert. denied sub nom.Sessions v. Binderup , ––– U.S. ––––, 137 S.Ct. 2323, 198 L.Ed.2d 746 (2017) ). Here, in this circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit considered the application of section 922(g)(1) as applied to two individuals convicted of state misdemeanors in Binderup v. Attorney General .