Clarence Brown v. Brad D. Schimel

ORDER

Clarence E. Brown appeals the district court’s denial of relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (habeas corpus) on his claim that Wisconsin’s prohibition against carrying a concealed weapon, Wis. Stat. § 941.23 (effective 2007-2011), is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment as applied to him. Because the district court did not err in finding that Brown’s as-applied claim was procedurally defaulted, we AFFIRM.

I. Background

Police officers encountered Brown on October 2009 while responding to a complaint that shots had been fired in the neighborhood of 25th and West Locust Street in Milwaukee,…