UNITED STATES v. JIMENEZ-SHILON

No. 20-13139.

34 F.4th 1042 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ignacio JIMENEZ-SHILON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: May 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Waugh Corinis , Greenberg Traurig, PA, TAMPA, FL, Holly Lynn Gershow , Peter J. Sholl , Sean Siekkinen , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Michelle Thresher Taylor , U.S. Attorney's Office, TAMPA, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Adeel Bashir , Samuel Landes , Federal Public Defender's Office, TAMPA, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Newsom, Circuit Judge, filed a concurring opinion.


This case requires us to decide whether a federal law that prohibits illegal aliens from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms." U.S. Const. amend. II. We hold that it does not.

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