Legal Opinion
United States v. Mariano A. Meza-Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2015No. 14-3271PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
When Mariano Meza-Rodriguez, a citizen of Mexico, was arrested in August 2013, he was carrying a .22 caliber cartridge. But it was what he did not have— documentation showing that he is lawfully in the United States — that concerns us now. His immigration status made his possession of the cartridge a crime under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), which prohibits foreigners who are not entitled to be in the United States (whom we will call “unauthorized aliens”) from possessing firearms. Meza-Rodriguez moved to dismiss the indictment that followed, arguing that § 922(g)(5) impermissibly…
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