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MEDINA v. WHITAKER

No. 17-5248.

913 F.3d 152 (2019)

Jorge L. MEDINA, Appellant v. Matthew G. WHITAKER, Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 18, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Gura , Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Jason D. Wright .

Patrick G. Nemeroff , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Jessie K. Liu , U.S. Attorney, and Mark B. Stern and Michael S. Raab , Attorneys.

Before: Rogers and Pillard, Circuit Judges, and Sentelle, Senior Circuit Judge.

Jorge Medina was convicted of falsifying his income on mortgage applications twenty-seven years ago. Now, as a convicted felon, he is prohibited from owning firearms by federal law. He argues that the application of this law to him violates the Second Amendment because he poses no heightened risk of gun violence....

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