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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6884 Abdullahi Said Ali v. City of Portland, Oregon Oregon 2026-02-24 Pending Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense constitutional-rights firearm-regulation historical-tradition licensing-regime second-amendment Does a city ordinance that prohibits carrying a loaded firearm in public, but permits a defendant to raise an affirmative defense that the defendant h…
25-6817 Gerald Kemondre Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights firearm-regulation historical-tradition machinegun-conversion second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a handgun affixed with a machinegun conversion device constitute s an "arm" under the Se cond Amendment' s plain text, thus requiring the gove…
25-6490 Gary Crawford v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felony-regulation firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment I. Consistent with the Second Amendment, may Congress bar all felons from possessing firearms under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), as five circuit courts have…
25A759 Abdullah Said Ali v. City of Portland, Oregon Oregon 2025-12-31 Application concealed-carry firearm-regulation historical-tradition loaded-weapon municipal-ordinance second-amendment Question not identified.
25A738 Gerald Kemondre Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-22 Application arms-bearing-conduct bruen-test burden-of-proof historical-tradition machinegun-ban second-amendment Question not identified.
25-6369 Donnell S. Durham v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-scrutiny felony-ban firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Is the lifetime ban for possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), facially unconstitutional under New York State Rifle &…
25A537 Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Vera Cooper, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-07 Application controlled-substances dangerous-persons firearm-possession historical-tradition medical-marijuana second-amendment Question not identified.
25-6055 Tamori Morgan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP arms-classification constitutional-interpretation firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment statutory-prohibition Whether a handgun and handheld pistol that fire automatically constitute "arms" under the Second Amendment's plain text, thus requiring the government…
25A395 Travis Schlotterbeck v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-06 Presumed Complete bruen-test circuit-split firearm-possession historical-tradition non-violent-felony second-amendment Question not identified.
25-5722 Isaiah Kahlil Wise v. United States Third Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge felon-disarmament firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte…
25-5721 Jacob Joshad Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Whether courts should analyze as-applied Second Amendment challenges to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) by examining whether historical tradition supports perman…
25-5510 Monte Barry v. United States Third Circuit 2025-08-29 Denied Relisted (4)IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-interpretation felon-possession firearm-restriction historical-tradition second-amendment Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte…
25-5485 Taylor Dan Truex v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-conviction firearm-prohibition historical-tradition second-amendment statutory-analysis Below, petitioner challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a fi…
25-5420 Perry Jaquan Jackson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-scrutiny felony-ban firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25A192 Hal Taylor, Secretary, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency v. Jonathan Singleton, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-15 Presumed Complete begging-laws first-amendment founding-era free-speech historical-tradition speech-categories Whether begging is protected speech under the First Amendment.
25-184 Deamonte Law v. United States Third Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-review firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment This Court's decisions in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), require our di…
25-5318 Deago Lee Eddings v. United States Third Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-interpretation felon-possession firearm-restriction historical-tradition second-amendment Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte…
25-5303 Jae Michael Bernard v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP firearm-prohibition gun-rights historical-tradition misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a permanent lifetime prohibition for a misdemeanor conviction, which was adopted by Congress in 1994 and codified in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) and…
25A123 Steven Duarte v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-29 Presumed Complete bruen-framework felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition historical-tradition nonviolent-offender second-amendment Question not identified.
25A21 Deago Lee Eddings v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete disarmament firearm-possession historical-tradition predicate-crime second-amendment supervised-release Question not identified.
24A1267 Deamonte Law v. United States Third Circuit 2025-06-23 Presumed Complete 922(g)(1) bruen-test firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release Question not identified.
24A1003 Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Madison M. Lara, et al. Third Circuit 2025-04-18 Presumed Complete age-restrictions constitutional-challenge firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment state-emergency 1. This case involves a Second Amendment challenge to provisions of Pennsylvania law which prohibit under-21-year-olds from openly carrying firearms w…
24A881 Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range Third Circuit 2025-03-13 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights-restoration felon-disarmament firearm-prohibition historical-tradition rahimi second-amendment Question not identified.
24-968 Diontai Moore v. United States Third Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied as-applied-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release In 2021, intruders tried to break into the house where Diontai Moore was living with his fiancée and her three children. Terrified, his fiancée took h…
24-6262 Darris Lamar Mull v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process felon-in-possession firearm-ban historical-tradition second-amendment Was Mr. Mulls convictions of 922(g)(1) as a felon-in-possession of firearms violations of his Second Amendment Rights because: (A) A LIFETIME FEDERAL…
24A633 Diontai Moore v. United States Third Circuit 2024-12-27 Presumed Complete bruen firearm-possession gun-control historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release Question not identified.
24A600 Jose Paz Medina-Cantu v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-18 Presumed Complete aliens-unlawfully-present bruen firearm-possession historical-tradition rahimi second-amendment Whether a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A) for possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the United States infringes on the Second A…
24A443 Deion Shawn Hester v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-04 Presumed Complete bruen commerce-clause felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment Question not identified.
23A1058 Ocean State Tactical, LLC, dba Big Bear Hunting and Fishing Supply, et al v. Rhode Island, et al. First Circuit 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete arms-regulation bruen-test historical-tradition large-capacity-magazine second-amendment self-defense Whether Rhode Island's Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban Act of 2022, which criminalizes the possession of ammunition feeding devices capable of holdi…
23A980 Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Madison M. Lara, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-02 Presumed Complete age-restriction bruen-test concealed-carry firearms-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment Question not identified.
23-878 Javier Herrera v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment arms-protection civil-rights due-process free-speech historical-tradition second-amendment self-defense semiautomatic-rifles standard-magazines standing takings Whether semiautomatic rifles and standard handgun and rifle magazines do not count as "Arms" within the ordinary meaning of the Second Amendment's pla…
23A140 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range Third Circuit 2023-08-17 Presumed Complete 18-USC-922g constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment Question not identified.
23-5360 Gregory Lynn McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition individual-rights lifetime-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the felon-in-possession of a firearm statute, which did not exist in 1791, and which applies to all felonies and provides for a life-time ban,…
22-7757 Samuel Lee Morrison v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-standard constitutional-law federal-criminal-statutes federal-statute gun-rights historical-tradition jurisdiction second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).