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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6775 | Michael Thomas McCowan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-02-10 | Pending | IFP | constitutional-rights felony-conviction firearm-possession founding-era-interpretation second-amendment statutory-prohibition | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce… |
| 25-6729 | Antwaun O. Heaggeans v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-02-05 | Pending | IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-6652 | Jarmarl Thornton v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-01-22 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-6606 | Robert Paul Rosell, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-01-16 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-6597 | Daniel Duane Smith, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2026-01-15 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid as applied to an individual whose only prior charged felony convictions are non-violent offens… |
| 25-6594 | William James Forbis v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2026-01-15 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid as applied to an individual whose only prior charged felony convictions are non-violent offens… |
| 25A792 | Anthony A. Browne v. Kimberly Reynolds, in Her Official Capacity as Governor of Iowa, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2026-01-08 | Application | clemency felony-conviction firearm-rights fourteenth-amendment restoration-of-rights second-amendment | 1. Iowa Code § 914.7 (2025) entitled "Rights not restorable" infringes the Petitioner's right to keep and bear arms enshrined by the Second and Fourte… | |
| 25-6401 | Frankie Centeno v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-12-18 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure felony-conviction gun-rights second-amendment supervised-release | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with theSecond Amendment, the federal… |
| 25A595 | Katy Elizabeth Kabha v. Texas | Texas | 2025-11-20 | Application | certiorari extension-of-time felony-conviction judicial-efficiency newly-discovered-evidence pro-se | Question not identified. | |
| 25-6189 | Javonte Williams v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-11-20 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-6129 | Paul Williams, Jr. v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-11-14 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearms-rights gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, on its face or as applied to Petitioner, because the Se… |
| 25-6108 | Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-11-13 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonmen… |
| 25-6107 | Davon Amos Johnson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-11-13 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-6064 | Marcus Gerrod Stokes v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-11-07 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5976 | Henry Leon Marrow, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-10-28 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5952 | Theo M. Owens v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-10-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5916 | Luis Espinal v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-10-20 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal g… |
| 25-5909 | Stevie Gomez Contreras v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP | constitutional-rights felony-conviction firearm-possession founding-era-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce… |
| 25-5820 | Kevin Deane Jones v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-10-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | as-applied-challenge conditional-pardon felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonmen… |
| 25-5731 | David Alexander Brown v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-09-25 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | as-applied-challenge circuit-split felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifet… |
| 25-5716 | Jesus Meraz-Ramirez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof criminal-procedure felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement | Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b… |
| 25-5668 | Matthew Chambliss Coleman v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5667 | Antonio Deante Town v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5658 | Devontae Lamont Royal v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5655 | Walter Lavelle Allen v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5657 | Pierre Demetrius Redd v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5627 | Lennie Edward Coles, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-12 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5626 | Andrew Chafin v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-12 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment | Petition Andrew Chafin is prohibited from possessing a firearm for the rest of his life because he shoplifted several cases of energy drinks from two … |
| 25-5624 | Nathaniel J. Brown v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-12 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5614 | Franklin Jerome Coleman, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-11 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5607 | Dustin Dewayne Gilbert v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-09-11 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | as-applied-challenge circuit-split felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifeti… |
| 25-5603 | Germaine Edward Campbell, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-10 | Denied | Relisted (3)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5601 | John Edward Mason, III v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-10 | Denied | Relisted (3)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5599 | Raymond Lamont Seward v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-10 | Denied | Relisted (3)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5597 | Joseph Carroll Bush, III v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-09-10 | Denied | Relisted (3)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5514 | Joseph Lee Betancourt v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-02 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable by… |
| 25-5503 | Bobby Nathaniel Scott v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-28 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5481 | Isaac John Olivas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-08-27 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment | 1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18… |
| 25-5443 | Donovan L. Crews v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5441 | Azontay Malik Perry v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5439 | Naim Greene v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5438 | Tamonte Finney v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5437 | Sequan Anthony Fowler v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5434 | Christian Lamont Thompson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Pending | Relisted (7)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5433 | Jon Jesse Terry v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5424 | Kiyel Tyquello Kearney v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-21 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5417 | Shalik Rasheem Mitchell v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-20 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5382 | Meleke Osborne v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-15 | Denied | Relisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a ny felony violates the Second Amendme… |
| 25-5365 | Omar Alonso Pazos-Montes v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-08-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement | Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b… |
| 25-5358 | Deontay Tyre Compton v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-14 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense | The question presented in this case is whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of … |
| 25-5352 | Antonio Robledo Tovar v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-08-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment | 1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18… |
| 25-5301 | Mario Leequan Thorne v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 25-5208 | Jessie Bullock v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-07-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-statute felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment self-defense | Section 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) imposes a permanent, lifetime prohibition on possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of any crime punis… |
| 25-5141 | Dedric Mayfield v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-07-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process fair-trial felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment sixth-amendment | 1. Whether the Second Amendment lets the federal government prohibit people, including Mr. Mayfield, from possessing any firearms for life based only … |
| 25-5093 | Hector Manuel Nunez-Cardenas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-07-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement | Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b… |
| 24A1294 | Jose Antonio Hernandez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-06-30 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession fundamental-right second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 24-7508 | Curtis Dwayne Medrano v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-06-26 | Denied | Relisted (6)IFP | appellate-review felony-conviction firearms-possession judicial-discretion second-amendment sentencing-guidelines | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment as applied to a defendant whose most serious prior felony convictions are attempted bu… |
| 24-7432 | Eleazar Diaz-Balleza v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement | Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b… |
| 24-7334 | Brandon Rashaad Hill v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-05-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… |
| 24-7264 | Michael Lee Sharpe v. Texas | Texas | 2025-05-21 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-interpretation felony-conviction firearms-possession individual-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment guarantees an individual who has been convicted of a felony offense the unencumbered right to possess firearms, or on a c… |
| 24-7168 | Raymond Charles, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-05-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce… |
| 24-6967 | Robert Lee Crider v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2025-04-10 | Denied | IFP | certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims ex-post-facto felony-conviction habitual-criminal subject-matter-jurisdiction | Question # 1: When Crider showed the district court that his 1990 convictions were not defined as authorized elements of the instant offense within th… |
| 24-6897 | Joshua Michael Faust v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-03-31 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment | Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci… |
| 24-6627 | Anthony Washington v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-02-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment | Whether a person who was previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment. |
| 24-6487 | Kareem Reaves v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-02-05 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment | Whether a person who was previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment. |
| 24-6301 | Deion Shawn Hester v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment | Whether a person who was previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment. |
| 24-5571 | Bakari Abdul Brown v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2024-09-18 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure felony-conviction ineffective-assistance stipulation | In proving felon status, is there a conflict between appellate courts where one court holds that trial counsel is not ineffective for offering a stipu… |
| 24-5507 | Taylor Hildreth v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-09-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the statute that prohibits firearm possession by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by impri… |
| 24-5391 | Zavien Lenoy Canada v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-08-26 | GVR | IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits firearm possession by anyone convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one … |
| 24-5315 | Kevin Deane Jones v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-08-13 | GVR | IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex… |
| 23-7670 | James Edward Young v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation | I. Mr. Young pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922( g)(1), which criminalizes the possession of a firearm by anyone previously convicted for a f… |
| 23-7421 | Demarcus Deon Staples v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation | I. Mr. Staples pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922( g)(1), which criminalizes the possession of a firearm by anyone previously convicted for a… |
| 23-7419 | Warren Ledominique Davis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation | Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1). |
| 23-7288 | Jorge Bartolomei v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether the statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a te… |
| 23-6750 | Patrick Aboite v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-02-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable b… |
| 23-683 | Melynda Vincent v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | Tenth Circuit | 2023-12-26 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment bruen-test civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process felony-conviction felony-disarmament gun-rights non-violent-offender second-amendment standing takings | Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one 15-year-old nonviolent felony… |
| 23-6100 | Joseph Eugene Dix v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-11-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce interstate-travel statutory-interpretation | (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess ... affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.C.… |
| 23-374 | Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range | Third Circuit | 2023-10-10 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process felons felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable by … |
| 23-5314 | Joe Crawford v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-08-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency felony-conviction jury-instructions mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-standard réhaif-v-united-states | WHETHER IN LIGHT OF Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 204 L.Ed.2d (2019), WAS THE EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A CONVICTION WHEN THE GOVERN… |
| 22-6354 | Thomas J. McNulty v. Rose Olivo, et al. | Florida | 2022-12-20 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process estate-law felony-conviction felony-disenfranchisement first-amendment inheritance pro-se-litigation probate-procedure standing | 1. Whether a lawful sole heir/beneficiary to an interstate estate, who is a convicted felon, awaiting the appointment of a personal representative, … |
| 21-8125 | Carlos Montano v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-13 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | boykin-standard change-of-plea-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction ninth-circuit plea-bargaining plea-hearing substance-abuse | Did the Ninth Circuit's overlooking Petitioner's due process claim regarding his change-of-plea hearing conflict with Boykin and its progeny, particul… |
| 21-6768 | Emanuel E. Goines, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-01-06 | Denied | Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess . . . affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.… |
| 21-97 | Anne Georges Telasco v. The Florida Bar | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-07-23 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights criminal-procedure defamation due-process ex-parte-judgment false-criminal-report felony-conviction florida-bar free-speech sovereign-immunity standing | Whether Sovereign Immunity as deployed by Welch v. Texas Dep't of Highways & Pub. Transp., 483 U.S. 468, 472 (1987) and its progeny, are inapplicable … |
| 20-8354 | Lewis Wesley Hickman, III v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-06-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process evidence-challenge felony-conviction judicial-review mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining sentencing-disparities sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines | why was my 3 points for accepting responsibility taken for a fight in jail. I Know I didnt say} "Cooperator"; I didnt Know him at all. why was I give… |
| 20-1295 | United States v. Timothy Zachary Green | Fourth Circuit | 2021-03-17 | GVR | Relisted (2) | circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession plain-error-review prejudice-standard statutory-interpretation | Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction for possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, in violation of 18 … |
| 20-7006 | Jacquere Doran, aka Jacare Gorman v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | base-offense-level controlled-substance criminal-sentencing district-court-error enhancement felony-conviction felony-enhancement marijuana-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines | Did the District Court err in treating Mr. Doran's prior California conviction for sale of marijuana as a felony conviction and using it to enhance hi… |
| 20-902 | Kenneth E. Flick v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-01-05 | Denied | Amici (4) | 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenges circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-copyright criminal-history felony-conviction felony-convictions firearm-possession second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment secures Ken Flick's right to keep and bear arms, notwithstanding his convictions for importing and selling counterfeit ca… |
| 20-5363 | Reginald Jones v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2020-08-14 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction firearm jury-trial jury-unanimity obstruction-of-justice ramos-precedent ramos-v-louisiana | In light of this court's recent decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S.Ct. 1390 (2020), finding nonunanimous jury verdicts in serious criminal cases un… |
| 19-7878 | Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-03-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conviction-classification criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing felony-conviction mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-federal-interaction state-federal-law statutory-interpretation | Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a "prior conviction for a felony drug offense," increasing defendant's mandatory m… |
| 19-287 | Jorge L. Medina v. William P. Barr, Attorney General | District of Columbia | 2019-09-04 | Denied | Amici (1) | 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights false-statement felony-conviction felony-firearm-dispossession firearm-dispossession lending-institution second-amendment second-amendment-rights | Whether the Second Amendment secures Jorge Medina's right to possess arms, notwithstanding his conviction for making a false statement to a lending in… |
| 18-9231 | Matthew Leachman v. Texas | Texas | 2019-05-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-interpretation continuing-jeopardy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-conviction indictment indictment-strategy retrial retrial-rights | In a retrial comprising "continuing jeopardy," where the original felony conviction has been overturned, may a State break the original indictment int… |
| 18-7632 | Abraham Grant v. Wendy Kelly, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction | Arkansas | 2019-01-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-conviction habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion speedy-trial standing state-court-decision | Question not identified. |
| 18-6912 | Bryant Lamar Monie v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-12-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-conviction persistent-felony-offender sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the Defendant's Kentucky Drug trafficking conviction, which carries a maximum sentence of five (5) years and was enhanced by Kentucky's Per… |
| 18-574 | Joseph Rachal v. United States | First Circuit | 2018-11-02 | Denied | Response Waived | 6th-amendment bifurcated-trial bifurcation criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-prejudice prejudice prejudicial-evidence | No one can legitimately deny that a felony conviction is exceedingly prejudicial. That is why evidence of a felony conviction is normally admissible o… |
| 18-5647 | Jeremy R. Mares v. Illinois | Illinois | 2018-08-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal appellate-review constitutional-representation conviction criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process felony-conviction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel property-recovery right-to-counsel sentence summary-motion | Whether counsel appointed in a direct appeal from a felony conviction provides constitutionally sufficient representation where he files an unopposed … |