No. 25-5850

Tremon Staley v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP
Tags: as-applied-challenge constitutional-review felony-prohibition firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16 (distributed 6 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the statute permanently
prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime
punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, is subject to
as-applied challenges under the Second Amendment.

2. Whether § 922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second
Amendment as applied to Mr. Stal ey, whose prior felonies were
themselves nonviolent gun-possession offenses.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, is subject to as-applied challenges under the Second Amendment; Whether § 922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment as applied to Mr. Staley, whose prior felonies were themselves nonviolent gun-possession offenses

Docket Entries

2026-01-20
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2026-01-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-11-04
Rescheduled.
2025-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-10-28
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 10, 2025)
2025-08-29
Application (25A244) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 7, 2025.
2025-08-27
Application (25A244) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 7, 2025 to October 8, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Tremon Staley
Jonas Holbrook CummingsFederal Defender's Office, M.D. Fla., Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent