VINCENT v. GARLAND

No. 21-4121.

80 F.4th 1197 (2023)

Melynda VINCENT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED September 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Meziani , Goebel Anderson PC, Salt Lake City, Utah ( Amberly Page , Goebel Anderson PC, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Jeremy Delicino , Jeremy Delicino LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kevin Benjamin Soter , Attorney, Appellate Staff ( Trina A. Higgins , United States Attorney, Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Michael S. Raab , Abby C. Wright , Attorneys, Appellate Staff, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., with him on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BACHARACH, KELLY, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.


Roughly 50 years ago, Congress banned the possession of firearms by convicted felons. Gun Control Act of 1968, § 922(h)(1), Pub. L. No. 90 618, 82 Stat. 1213, 1220 (codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)). After Congress enacted this ban, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment guarantees a personal...

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