No. 25-469

Heriberto Carbajal-Flores v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge firearm-possession noncitizen-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2025-11-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), which prohibits
firearm possession by all unlawfully present
noncitizens, is unconstitutional on its face underthe Second Amendment's text and history,particularly in light of this Court's decision in
New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen , 597
U.S. 1 (2022).

2) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A) is subject to asapplied challenges, and if so, whether the
government must demonstrate that the individualis dangerous before disarmament is permissible.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), which prohibits firearm possession by unlawfully present noncitizens, is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment's text and in light of Bruen, and whether the government must demonstrate individual dangerousness before disarmament

Docket Entries

2025-11-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-30
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Heriberto Carbajal-Flores
Jacob Solomon BriskmanJacob S. Briskman, Attorney-at-Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent