Miller v. Sessions

EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action is about one citizen's individual Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The citizen wishes to purchase and possess a firearm. The Government contends that under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the citizen is permanently banned from possessing a firearm because of a 1998 misdemeanor conviction under the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code. The citizen challenges the federal statute as unconstitutional as applied to him. The citizen wins.

II. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Daniel F. Miller is a citizen of the United States who wishes to "purchase, possess…