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25-6817 Gerald Kemondre Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending IFP 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…
25-6787 James Webb Hunter v. S. F. California 2026-02-11 Pending IFP due-process extrinsic-fraud fifth-amendment judicial-bias restraining-order second-amendment 1. Second Amendment: Whether California's practice of automatically and prolongedly disarming individuals subject to non-violent restraining orders vi…
25-6789 Richard Brundige v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending IFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment, either on its face or as applied.
25-6761 Kennan Alexis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-10 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-regulation non-violent-drug-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to individuals who, like Petitioner, only have felony convic…
25-6771 Kionnataya Shevil Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-10 Pending IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment Does the lifetime criminalization of any convicted felon's possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
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…
25-6749 Colin Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-statute felony-possession firearms-restriction second-amendment self-defense 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) imposes a lifelong prohibition, punishable by up to 15 years' imprisonment, on the possession of any firearm or ammunition, for …
25-935 United States v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell Fifth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-conviction federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable b…
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,…
25-6732 Daniel Delgado v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-05 Pending Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge bruen-standard constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment Section 922(g)(1) of title 18, U.S.C., imposes a lifelong prohibition, punishable by up to 15 years' imprisonment, on the possession of any firearm or…
25A888 Patrick Tate Adamiak v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-05 Application bruen-standard criminal-possession firearm-relics national-firearms-act second-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-6711 Matthew Harris England v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending IFP bruen-standard dangerous-and-unusual firearms-regulation law-abiding-citizens second-amendment text-and-history In New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), this Court adopted a two-step text-and-history standard for analyzing whether laws…
25-6698 Dalando T. Garner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-6677 John Wayne Morgan, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. 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…
25-6682 Fidel Aramboles v. United States Second Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) imposes a lifelong prohibition, punishable by up to 15 years' imprisonment, on the possession of any firearm or ammunition, for …
25-6648 Nathan Bermea v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-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 exc…
25-6650 Michael Ledon Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
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,…
25-872 Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. Fairfax County, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-01-21 Pending Response Waived constitutional-challenge firearm-restriction public-parks second-amendment self-defense sensitive-places Fairfax County, Virginia, prohibits possession of firearms in its public parks, which consist of almost 24,000 acres of mostly wooded land across 420 …
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,…
25-6594 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…
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…
25-6598 Ashley Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-rahimi-test commerce-clause firearms-regulation historical-analysis probation-status second-amendment 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)…
25-6574 Christopher Michael Arredondo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
25-6530 Terry Lee Gammage v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-law criminal-defendant gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), a criminal d…
25-6523 Dennis Martin v. United States Second Circuit 2026-01-08 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), rendered Mr…
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…
25-6513 Alexander Jon Ogilvie v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment firearms-regulation gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits those under indictment from shipping, transporting, or receiving any firearm or ammunitio…
25-795 Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Chauncey J. Watches, Judge, Steuben County, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response Waived due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity petition-clause second-amendment WHETHER federal in forma pauperis litigants may be significantly denied immediate access to Court while filing-fee paying litigants suffer no such con…
25-6490 Gary Crawford v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-06 Pending 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…
25-6491 Billy J. Wilkins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-06 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure judicial-fact-finding right-to-jury right-to-silence second-amendment sixth-circuit I. Is the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in United States v. Williams, 113 F.4th 637 (6th Cir. 2024) unconstitutional because it allows a judge…
25-6468 Derrick Hahn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-02 Pending Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-law firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment when applied to an individual based on his past conviction for a non-violent offense. …
25-6473 Clover McGregor v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-02 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-restriction firearms-possession gun-control second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment.
25-6460 Brad O'Neal Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-regulation legal-standing second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment on its face or as applied to Petitioner.
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.
25-6433 Avis Coward v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-review criminal-law criminal-procedure role-enhancement second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether this Honorable Court should grant certiorari to review whether the Sixth Circuit's determination that 18 U.S.C §922(g) is constitutional on…
25-6435 Lenny Reyes v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament gun-rights nonviolent-offense 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…
25-6438 Frankie Acosta v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-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 e…
25-6418 Joshua David Havins v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP certiorari circuit-split firearm-possession second-amendment section-922g supreme-court-review Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment of the court of appeals, and remand for further consideration in light of the potential grant…
25-6427 Devin Joe Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession non-violent-offense 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…
25-6428 Joshua A. Sottile v. City of Portland, Oregon Oregon 2025-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-challenge firearm-regulation heller-precedent public-carry second-amendment Whether a law that criminalizes carrying a loaded firearm in public, subject to exceptions raised only as affirmative defenses, violates the Second Am…
25-742 Zhuo H. Zhong v. United States Armed Forces 2025-12-22 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived courts-martial firearms-prohibition military-justice post-trial-process second-amendment statutory-authority 1. In 2021, Congress added a new subsection to Article 67(c), Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 867(c). The new language incorporat…
25A731 Michael Thomas McCowan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-22 Application 922(g)(1) constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment supervised-release 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.
25-730 Jennesis V. Dominguez-Garcia v. United States Armed Forces 2025-12-19 Pending Response Waived appellate-authority firearms-prohibition military-courts-martial post-trial-processing second-amendment ucmj Whether the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals has authority under 10 U.S.C. § 866(d)(2) to correct an unconstitutional firearms ban annotated after …
25A728 Alvaro Alejandro Mancilla v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-19 Application bruen-standard categorical-disarmament felon-in-possession gun-rights individualized-assessment second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment permits the government to categorically disarm individuals convicted of non-violent drug trafficking felonies under 18 U.…
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…
25-6403 Miguel Abreu v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felony-possession gun-rights permanent-disarmament second-amendment Petitioner Miguel Abreu possessed a gun only because, during a dispute, he disarmed another person and then retreated. Because he had two prior felony…
25-6407 Bryan Everal Pittman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w…
25-6393 Cortez D. Porter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-17 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-6368 Luis Garza-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament firearm-possession plain-error-review second-amendment statutory-interpretation Petitioner Luis Garza-Gomez challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to po…
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 &…
25-6371 Bobby Dale Simmons v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment—either on its face or as a…
25-6375 Eddie White, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment —either on its face or as …
25-6355 Derrick Fitzgerald Dial v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-12 Pending Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge bruen-test circuit-split felony-restriction firearm-possession second-amendment 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…
25-685 Robert D. Schneider v. United States Armed Forces 2025-12-11 Denied Response Waived criminal-appeals entry-of-judgment firearms-ban military-courts second-amendment ucmj Whether military courts of criminal appeals have authority under 10 U.S.C. §§ 860c and 866(d)(2) to correct an unconstitutional firearms ban annotated…
25-6323 Donald Irving Hill, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-rights felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. 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…
25-6309 Melquan Thawney v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s categorial ban on the possession of firearms by felons is unconstitutional.
25-6311 Christopher Smith v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), rendered Mr…
25-6313 Owen Zachary Simonson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impriso…
25-660 Nicole Klum, Estate of Bobby Jo Klum, et al. v. City of Davenport, Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-12-08 Pending constitutional-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment police-action second-amendment use-of-force The decision below contravenes the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms," and the Fourth Amendment prohibition "against unreasonable searches…
25-6281 Andre Michael Dubois v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional as applied to Mr. Dubois, because it …
25-6285 Rudy Altamirano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-04 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense 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…
25-642 Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-03 Denied Response Waived as-applied-challenge constitutional-law criminal-defendant firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).
25-6267 Alphonso Lataurean James v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-02 Pending IFP application-note constitutional-review criminal-conviction firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation The questions presented for review are: (1) Is whether Application Note 14(b) unreasonably interprets the text of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), such that no defer…
25-6268 Arnold Conyers v. New York New York 2025-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant felon-disarmament legal-precedent second-amendment state-split I. Whether, and under what circumstances, a state can invoke state standing law to bar a criminal defendant from invoking the Second Amendment as a de…
25-6217 Christopher Wuchter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-11-24 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge controlled-substance facial-unconstitutionality firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by any unlawful user of a controlled substance, is facially unconstitutional under t…
25-6218 Kenleone Joe Nyandoro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-24 Pending IFP appeal-waiver controlled-substance firearm-possession ineffective-assistance second-amendment statutory-maximum 1. Whether the only permissible exceptions to a general appeal waiver are for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel or that the sentence exceeds…
25-6198 Steven Perez v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights firearms-acquisition meaningful-constraint second-amendment statutory-interpretation Petitioner was convicted of interstate transport and receipt of firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(3), and conspiracy to commit this offense…
25-6187 Maurice Wilson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
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,…
25-6153 Marco Antonio Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Below, Petitioner Marco Antonio Sanchez challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a …
25-6122 Joshua Corbin Granger v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-scrutiny criminal-law due-process felons-rights firearm-possession second-amendment 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w…
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…
25-6130 Eric Drake v. Texas Texas 2025-11-14 Denied IFP deferred-probation due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment second-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the State's refusal to allow out of state travel for life-saving medical treatment to a defendant on deferred probation violates the Eighth an…
25-6105 Brittany Lyn Isaacson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-13 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge facial-as-applied-challenge firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Ms. Isaacson, in light of New York State…
25-6106 Rico Gonzalez v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament gun-rights nonviolent-offense 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…
25-6107 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,…
25-6108 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…
25-564 Scott Meyer v. Gayla Rahn, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-11-12 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion qualified-immunity second-amendment sovereign-immunity 1. Whether the grant of the motion to dismiss was an abuse of discretion, not based upon the undisputed facts presented, and supported by only the e…
25-566 Eddie Grant, Jr., et al. v. Ronnell Higgins, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Transportation, et al. Second Circuit 2025-11-12 Pending common-use constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment gun-possession second-amendment semiautomatic-rifles Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution guarantee the right to possess semiautomatic rifles that are in common …
25-6079 James Anthony Brian Morelock v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-10 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-rights felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment sentencing-guidelines 1. Is the lifetime ban on firearms possession by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent …
25-6062 Carl Morgan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-law firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment when applied to individuals based on their past conviction for a non-violent offense. …
25-6063 Timothy LeBlanc v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-07 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-rights felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment self-defense 1. 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…
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,…
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…
25-541 Benjamin Schoenthal, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-11-04 Pending Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse Waived citizens-rights constitutional-challenge firearms-regulation fourteenth-amendment public-transportation second-amendment Whether Illinois' flat ban on ordinary citizens carrying firearms on public transportation violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
25-6026 Martino Antwion Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-6027 Deondre Lamont Bain v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25A504 Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. Fairfax County, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-03 Application constitutional-challenge firearm-possession local-government public-parks second-amendment self-defense Question not identified.
25-5999 Eric Dennard Parker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w…
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,…
25-5961 Eva Marie Gardner v. Maryland Maryland 2025-10-27 Pending Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP concealed-carry due-process full-faith-and-credit interstate-travel second-amendment self-defense 1. Does Maryland's prohibition on carrying a handgun without a state permit, as applied to an interstate traveler with a valid Virginia concealed carr…
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,…
25-5954 In Re Michael Albert Focia 2025-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction gun-control-act private-sales second-amendment 1. Does the district court's application of the Gun Control Act, 18 U.S.C. section 921 and following, to apply to private arms sales on the secondary …
25-5946 Antonio Montrail Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. When does a record show "that the district court thought the sentence it chose was appropriate irrespective of the guidelines" within the meaning o…
25A465 Christopher Wuchter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-23 Application circuit-conflict constitutional-question controlled-substances criminal-justice firearms-possession second-amendment Question not identified.
25-5925 Tracy Jenkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-ban Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year v…
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…
25A444 Bernard Kentrell Breeland, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-17 Presumed Complete bruen-framework confrontation-clause criminal-procedure felon-in-possession lay-opinion-testimony second-amendment Question not identified.
25-469 Heriberto Carbajal-Flores v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response Waived bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge firearm-possession noncitizen-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), which prohibits firearm possession by all unlawfully present noncitizens, is unconstitutional on its face underth…
25-5903 Joseph Vicarlos Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute federal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-458 William Collins, III v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-10-15 Denied Response Waived as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-convictions firearm-possession government-restriction second-amendment Petitioner William Collins, III, is an upstanding and law-abiding citizen. His only criminal history stems from youthful indiscretion: minor, nonviole…
25-5875 Christopher Deonta Hemphill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP circuit-court-reasoning constitutional-interpretation due-process firearm-possession rahimi-precedent second-amendment 1) Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly applied the reasoning of the Supreme Court's opinion in United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), in decidi…
25-5858 Robert Peck, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP exclusionary-rule felon-in-possession fourth-amendment good-faith-exception marijuana-conviction second-amendment Does 18 U. S. C. §922(g)(l) violate the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm based…
25-5867 James Bradley Vlha v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-regulation gun-rights manufacturing-license second-amendment Whether the statute prohibiting manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license, 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A), is constitutional pursuant to the S…
25A410 United States v. Aldo Ali Cordova Perez, Jr. Eighth Circuit 2025-10-09 Presumed Complete 922(g)(3) as-applied-challenge controlled-substance facial-challenge firearm-possession second-amendment Question not identified.
25-5850 Tremon Staley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-review felony-prohibition firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprison…
25-425 Steven Duarte v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (5) circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession non-violent-offense second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1)'s categorical ban on the possession of firearms by felons is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant with non-violent …
25-5828 Joshua Devon Barrow v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-rahimi-test commerce-clause firearms-regulation historical-analysis probation-status second-amendment 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)…
25-421 National Association for Gun Rights, et al. v. Ned Lamont, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2025-10-07 Pending Amici (2)Relisted (2) common-use-test constitutional-interpretation firearms-regulation gun-rights heller-precedent second-amendment Whether a ban on the possession of AR-15-style rifles and firearm magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds—both of which are possessed by mil…
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…
25-5825 Laterrence Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
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.
25-5802 Tommy Phonthalangsy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25A382 United States v. Erik Matthew Harris Third Circuit 2025-10-02 Presumed Complete as-applied-challenge drug-users firearms-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-5770 Charles Anthony Holmes v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-10-01 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure second-amendment statutory-interpretation strickland-standard 1. Whether 21 O.S. § 645, 644B are unconstitutional, as applied to Petitioner, because they violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitu…
25-5772 Rudy Mario Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense 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…
25-372 Erik Matthew Harris v. United States Third Circuit 2025-09-30 Pending Amici (2) constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance criminal-statute firearm-possession marijuana-use second-amendment I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any…
25-5758 Jerry Otis Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comply with the text and historical tradition of the Second Amendment in permanently disarming all felons, regardless of of…
25-5748 She Ler Yer Lee v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession precedential-review second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Lee's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Asso…
25-5746 Kevin Dwayne Woods, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa 2025-09-26 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights firearm-possession individual-dangerousness marijuana-possession second-amendment state-law Whether, consistent with the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a state may criminalize possessing a firearm while possessing a user quantity …
25-5747 Sidney Donnell Kimble v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-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…
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…
25-5722 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…
25A340 Jennesis V. Dominguez-Garcia v. United States Armed Forces 2025-09-24 Presumed Complete court-martial firearms-prohibition military-justice nonviolent-conviction right-to-bear-arms second-amendment Question not identified.
25-356 Steven P. Mancuso v. New York New York 2025-09-24 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense The first question is whether New York's Penal Law § 265.03(3), § 265.02(1) and § 265.01-b(1), which prohibit the ownership of a firearm in the home o…
25-5713 Emanuel Leyton Picon v. United States District of Columbia 2025-09-24 Pending IFP age-restriction constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation right-to-bear-arms second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment's guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms applies fully to 18-20-year-olds.
25-5717 Raul Acosta v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge federal-law felony-disarmament gun-rights 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…
25-5721 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…
25-5707 Reginald Robinson, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g )(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impris…
25-5708 Jason Ketzner v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP bruen-test circuit-split felony-disarmament nonviolent-offenders rahimi-precedent second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Jason Ketzner, due to prior felony convictions, regardless…
25-5695 Frank Deonta Leopaul v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-5697 Desmond Copeland v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-325 Robert L. Fooks v. Maryland Maryland 2025-09-18 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession maryland-law second-amendment supreme-court-precedent 1. Does Maryland Code, Public Safety Article, § 5-133(b)(2), which provides that "a person may not possess a firearm if the person has been convicted …
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,…
25-5668 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,…
25-5637 Jeffrey Michel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense Pursuant to the Second Amendment analysis dictated by New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), and clarified by United S…
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,…
25-5656 Kara Sternquist, aka Cara Sandiego, aka Kara Withersea v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP administrative-law agency-deference criminal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner Kara Sternquist's prior convictions are old and nonviolent. She has no history of being dangerous, but was herself a victim of violent c…
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,…
25-5658 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,…
25A300 Torrence Denard Whitaker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete bruen-methodology certiorari-review felony-possession firearm-restriction second-amendment text-and-history Question not identified.
25-296 Jake Stanley DeWilde v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulation gun-possession military-weapons second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment to the Constitution permits the government to prohibit the possession, by responsible, law-abiding Americans, of the stan…
25-5634 Shawn M. Robertson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
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,…
25-5626 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 …
25-5627 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,…
25-5607 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…
25-5614 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,…
25-5597 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,…
25-5599 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,…
25-5601 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,…
25-5603 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,…
25-269 Selim Zherka v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Second Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) constitutional-rights criminal-conviction disarmament firearms-possession non-violent-offense second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment permits the government to disarm an American citizen because he has been convicted of a non-violent fraud offense.
25-5590 Jorge Enrique Barragan-Gutierrez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-rights criminal-law retroactivity second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1) Whether this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), recognized a new right that is retroactivel…
25-5565 Marcus Delars Branson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-05 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on…
25-5550 Jermaine Nelson v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-disarmament 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…
25-5554 Marcus J. Ross v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-5535 Jason Daniel Carbajal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-03 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment facially? 2. Does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment as applied to individuals with conviction…
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…
25-5518 Dejuan Dion Bruner v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge domestic-violence firearm-possession misdemeanor permanent-disarmament second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), which imposes a lifetime prohibition on firearm possession by anyone convicted of a domestic-violence misdemeanor, is c…
25-5519 Demario D. Henderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-238 Cutberto Viramontes, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-08-29 Pending Amici (1)Relisted (6) constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment gun-rights individual-liberty second-amendment semiautomatic-weapons Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles.
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…
25-5491 Daniel James Caldwell v. Texas for the Protection of Jennifer Zimmerman Texas 2025-08-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority parent-child-relationship restraining-order second-amendment 1. Whether a lifetime, nationwide restraining order permanently revoking Second Amendment rights without judicial findings of probable cause for a civ…
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,…
25-5477 Cornell Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense 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…
25-5481 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…
25-5485 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…
25-5467 Patrick Lee Adams v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-26 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment.
25-5471 Jakari Alexander Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
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,…
25-5434 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,…
25-5437 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,…
25-5438 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,…
25-5439 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,…
25-5441 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,…
25-5443 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,…
25-5421 Jose Antonio Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-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…
25-5423 Davonta Dashune Turner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially 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,…
25-5415 Roberto Antwan Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-20 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession predicate-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied when the predicate convictions which make the person ineligible to possess a firearm were…
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,…
25-5420 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…
25-198 Virginia Duncan, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2025-08-19 Pending Amici (6)Relisted (7) ammunition-ban common-use firearms-regulation property-rights second-amendment takings-clause 1. Whether a ban on the possession of exceedingly common ammunition feeding devices violates the Second Amendment. 2. Whether a law dispossessing cit…
25-5393 Ross Farca v. California California 2025-08-18 Denied IFP assault-weapon constitutional-challenge due-process mens-rea search-warrant second-amendment I. Is California's Assault Weapon Control Act: §30605, §30600, §30800 & §30950 constitutional, especially when Prosecution "Firearm Expert" conceded t…
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…
25-5382 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…
25-5357 Jessie Dejuan Sullivan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-law facial-challenge second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation First, whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment? Second, some sentencing judges assert that they would have selected the …
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 …
25-5338 Avontae Guiden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied IFP bruen-analysis firearm-possession historical-justification probation-status second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)…
25-5339 David Keith Nutter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law firearm-regulation historical-analogues misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment 1. Whether § 922(g)(9) runs afoul of the Second Amendment, facially and as-applied, where (a) ambiguous historical regulation of generalized "dangerou…
25-5343 Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Pending IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether Stinson v. United States still accurately state the level of deferen…
25-5347 Daniel Lee Lusk, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
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…
25-5331 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Farris's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol A…
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…
25-5319 Timothy L. Elliott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-153 Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. v. Washington Washington 2025-08-08 Pending Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) ammunition-feeding-devices arms circuit-split constitutional-protection precedent second-amendment Whether ammunition feeding devices with the capacity to hold more than ten rounds are "Arms" presumptively entitled to constitutional protection under…
25-5299 Alfred Lamar Shavers v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-prohibition firearm-possession second-amendment WHETHER THE CRIME OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER UNDER THE SECOND AMENDMENT WHERE THERE IS A BLANKET PRO…
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,…
25-5302 Cameron Edwards v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the government's prosecution of petitioner under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on his prior convictions violates the Second Amendment. 2. Wh…
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…
25A153 Jorge Enrique Barragan-Gutierrez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-06 Presumed Complete bruen drug-trafficking rahimi second-amendment supreme-court-precedent weapon-possession Question not identified.
25-5280 Philip J. Marquis v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-08-05 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights firearms-licensing interstate-travel nonresident-travelers police-discretion second-amendment 1. Does Massachusetts' firearms licensing regime, which grants a police colonel the power to deny any nonresident traveler a temporary firearms licens…
25-132 West Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-08-04 Pending Amici (1) age-restriction constitutional-rights federal-law firearm-sales gun-control second-amendment Whether a federal law that bans licensed sales of handguns and handgun ammunition to law-abiding 18-to-20-year-old adults violates the Second Amendmen…
25-5263 Marvin Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-5259 Antonio Marshall v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g )(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impris…
25-5228 Geber Soto v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution firearms-regulation legal-standing second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the government's prosecution of petitioner under 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A) violates the Second Amendment on its face. 2. Whether the govern…
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.
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…
25A91 William Collins, III v. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-07-23 Presumed Complete as-applied-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-regulation gun-rights second-amendment self-defense Question not identified.
25-5181 Samuel Adam Sanchez-Tena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been indicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding o…
25-5170 Mark Richard Walters v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law felony-possession firearms-restriction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comport with the Second Amendment as applied to a defendant whose most serious prior felony convictions involve fraud?
25-5150 David Robinson, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-18 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP congressional-taxing-power constitutional-provisions nfa-registration second-amendment short-barreled-rifle tenth-amendment 1. Whether federal criminal punishment of the possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle violates the Second Amendment. 2. Whether federal cr…
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 …
25-5142 Jeffrey Sredl v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-07-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bruen-precedent common-use-doctrine firearms-possession founding-era-rights second-amendment unregistered-weapons Whether under N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, prosecution for possession of homemade unregistered fire arms that were in common use at the t…
25-5124 Jacob Graves v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Graves' conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol As…
25-5090 Joseph Anthony Zinnerman, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-analysis firearm-possession historical-precedent probation-status second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)…
25A36 Jacqusyn Zechariah Grubb v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-07-09 Presumed Complete 922(g)(8) as-applied-challenge domestic-violence-restraining-order facial-challenge motion-to-dismiss second-amendment Question not identified.
25-5049 DaJohn M. Hymes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
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.
25-24 Joshua Clay McCoy, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated as a Class, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-07-08 Pending Amici (3) age-restriction constitutional-rights federal-law firearms-regulation gun-purchase second-amendment 1. Whether federal laws banning 18-to-20-year-olds from purchasing handguns from federally licensed of the right to keep arms. 2. pursuant to Fed. R.…
25-5034 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Borne, in light of New York State Ri…
25-5009 Joshua Willis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Willis, in light of New York State R…
25-5027 Gregory Stevens v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
25-5017 Brant Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-conviction due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Whether the government may deprive citizens of their Second Amendment rights because they were previously convicted of a non-violent crime. 2. Whe…
25-5021 Dajavan Speaks v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge gun-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment self-defense 1) Is § 922(g)(1) unconstitutional as applied to an individual when he was a victim of a drive by shooting and has been convicted of a non-violent pre…
25-5006 Fredrick Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge circuit-precedent federal-appeal firearm-possession rahimi-decision second-amendment When a criminal defendant in the middle of a direct appeal seeks relief that first becomes available as a result of an intervening decision from this …
25-5007 Fredrick Johnson v. Ohio Ohio 2025-07-01 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-court firearm-possession intervening-precedent second-amendment state-court-appeal Must a state-court appellate system address the merits of a defendant's Second Amendment as-applied challenge to a firearm-possession charge under Rah…
25A3 Milton Green v. Christopher Tanner, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-07-01 Presumed Complete deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment qualified-immunity reasonable-officer second-amendment Question not identified.
24-1328 United States v. Keshon Daveon Baxter Eighth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-1329 Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Second Amendment Foundation, et al. Third Circuit 2025-06-30 Pending Amici (1)Relisted (2) age-restrictions circuit-split constitutional-interpretation founding-era-law gun-rights second-amendment The federal government and 32 states establish 21 as the minimum age for certain gun rights. Since United States v. Rahimi, five courts of appeals hav…
24-7526 Dwayne Lamonica Ford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
24-7528 John A. Sam v. United States First Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-ban second-amendment Does the application of Section 922(g)(1) to Sam plainly violate the Second Amendment?
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.
24-7507 Osmar Alexis Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
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…
24-7498 Dasahn Crowder v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy ex-post-facto second-amendment In 2012, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) upheld the constitutionality of a statutory scheme in which licensure was an affirmative defen…
24-7501 Jacob Allen Judd v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearms-prohibition nonviolent-offense prior-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to an individual whose prior convictions for "crime[s] punishable by imprisonme…
24-7480 Otis Ray Whitehead, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis felon-prohibition firearm-possession historical-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a court may uphold the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l) based solely on this Court's statement in District of Columbia v. Heller, 55…
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.
24-7417 Michael Elias Jalomo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-7419 Cardari Bradley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-7425 Joshua Sutherland v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-statute second-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comport with the Second Amendment? Does 18 U.S.C. §3583(g) comport with the Sixth Amendment?
24-1270 In Re Harold Jean-Baptiste 2025-06-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights fbi-liability federal-government human-rights judicial-accountability second-amendment Can the Federal Government and Judicial influence protect the Federal Bureau of Investigations from liability and accountability of Human Rights, Civi…
24-7398 Dionte Dorun Matlock v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment?
24-7400 Brandon Lee Mayfield v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-firearms-law second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Mayfield's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol…
24-7402 Braddic Deshaun Rollerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted markedly different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s constitu…
24-1259 Jamond M. Rush v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-06-10 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights firearms-regulation lawful-possession second-amendment short-barreled-rifles unregistered-weapons Whether the Second Amendment secures the right to possess unregistered short-barreled rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes.
24-1247 United States v. La'Vance LeMarr Cooper Eighth Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-1248 United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-06 Pending Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-1249 United States v. Kindle Terrell Sam Fifth Circuit 2025-06-06 Pending Relisted (3) constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-7369 Shawn K. Bever v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-rights firearms-regulation law-abiding-citizen second-amendment self-defense In New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), this Court adopted a two-step approach for analyzing whether regulation of the pos…
24-7373 Natnael Zemene v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment second-amendment 1. Whether the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause as interpreted by Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1, 18 (1978) protects an individual from a …
24-1234 United States v. Ali Danial Hemani Fifth Circuit 2025-06-04 Granted Amici (23)Relisted (3) constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-users firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24A1191 Virginia Duncan, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2025-06-04 Presumed Complete en-banc-review firearms-regulation magazine-capacity second-amendment self-defense strict-scrutiny Question not identified.
24-7347 Joshua Caleb Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
24-7348 Spencer Wayne Bacon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause conviction-restriction criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment (1) 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 i…
24-7339 Jonathan Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Whether the government may deprive citizens of their Second Amendment rights because they were previously convicted of a non-violent crime. 2. Whe…
24-7340 Jerrell Anthony Bazile v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted markedly different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s constitu…
24-7342 Jose Gomez Quiroz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment federal-firearms-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been indicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding o…
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,…
24-7318 Wesley Eron Swick v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), but each has overl…
24-7286 Christopher Glen Mason v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-7290 Paul Curry, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-error armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law harmless-error second-amendment sentencing-procedure First, whether as several courts of appeal have held, all Apprendi errors including Erlinger violations should be treated as trial errors subject to t…
24-7281 Lawrence Byron Watson v. Pamerson Ifill, Commissioner of Probation First Circuit 2025-05-23 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-prevention custody-definition fraud-on-court habeas-corpus second-amendment statute-of-limitations Whether subjects of abuse prevention orders "in custody" under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254, are pursuant to Jones v. Cunningham, 371 US 236, 83 S. Ct. 373,…
24-7275 Jacob Thomas Mireles v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-law 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…
24-7260 Dawon Hennings v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearm-possession gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year v…
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…
24-1185 National Rifle Association, Incorporated v. Mark Glass, Commissioner, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-20 Pending Amici (6)Relisted (2) age-restriction constitutional-rights firearm-purchase florida-law gun-control second-amendment Whether Florida's law banning 18-to-20-year-olds from purchasing firearms violates the Second Amendment.
24-7253 William Danta Toney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-7242 Lazarus Casas v. New York New York 2025-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation firearm-possession fourteenth-amendment licensing-regime proper-cause-requirement second-amendment Under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, may New York punish an individual for failing to comply with the licensing regime…
24-7244 Samuel York v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-statute felony-possession firearm-possession jurisdictional-burden second-amendment 1. Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—convicted felon in possession of a firearm —facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment ? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. § 92…
24-7232 Lance James Talbot v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge facial-as-applied gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Talbot, in light of New York State R…
24-7217 Ladarius Dean v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-statute felony-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment (1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)— the statute that prohibits firearm possession by any person who was previous ly convicted of "a crime punishable by…
24-7188 Xzavier Justin Lee Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession marijuana-users second-amendment statutory-interpretation A. Whether Petitioner's conviction for being an unlawful user of marijuana in possession of a firearm, under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), must be vacated be…
24-1155 Melynda Vincent v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Tenth Circuit 2025-05-12 Pending Amici (2)Relisted (7) circuit-split constitutional-challenge firearm-disarmament historical-analysis nonviolent-felony second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one seventeen-year-old nonviolent…
24-7182 Antjoun Riddick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-05-12 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the federal government has the authority under the Commerce Clause, Art. I, § 8, cl. 3, to regulate the noncommercial, intrastate possession o…
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…
24-7158 Ramoine White v. United States Third Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights convicted-felon criminal-activity evidence-standard firearm-possession second-amendment 1. Whether the evidence established articulable facts that the Petitioner was involved in criminal activity? 2. Whether this prosecution and convicti…
24-7141 Kerry D. Gayfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-7143 Kelvin Greer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-7153 Melvin Clay Blake, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-7123 Carlos Edward Thurman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court equal-protection firearm-enhancement second-amendment sentencing-guidelines I. Whether the district court clearly erred by applying the USSG § 2D1.1(b)(1) firearm enhancement? II. Whether general application of the USSG § 2D1…
24-7075 Christopher E. Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent second-amendment 1. Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights, in light of this Court's interpretation of "the people" in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.…
24-7051 Gmerrio Underwood v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied IFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-7053 Valente Brito, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition fifth-circuit firearms-conviction plain-error-review second-amendment supreme-court-precedent Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying petitioner's argument that his federal firearms-related conviction violated the Second Amendment under plain erro…
24-7033 Aqudre Quailes v. United States Third Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge bruen-framework constitutional-interpretation firearm-regulation historical-analogues second-amendment Following this Court's holding in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), courts must engage in a history-based analysis when dec…
24A999 Fredrick Johnson v. Ohio Ohio 2025-04-18 Presumed Complete as-applied-challenge dangerous-individuals firearm-possession Rahimi-framework retroactive-application second-amendment Question not identified.
24-7011 Donald Turner v. United States First Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review de-novo-review plain-error rule-12 second-amendment sentencing-proceeding Whether the standard for appellate review of a Second Amendment claim raised before a sentencing proceeding and decided on the merits by the district …
24-6996 Deonta Damon Wheeler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-15 Denied IFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-6984 Tyrone Woodson v. Florida Florida 2025-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment state-law Does Fla. Stat. § 790.23(1) and (1)(a), which makes it "unlawful for any person to own or to have in his or her care, custody, possession, or control …
24-6936 Deveon Jamear Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-04-07 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment Whether the Charge of Unlawful User of or Addicted to Any Controlled Substance in Possession of a Firearm in Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) is Fac…
24-1046 Jason Wolford, et al. v. Anne E. Lopez, Attorney General of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2025-04-03 Granted Amici (35) bruen-test circuit-split concealed-carry private-property second-amendment text-history-tradition New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 33 (2022), holds that "the Second Amendment guarantees a general right to public…
24-6924 John Gabriel Trevino v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), and post-conviction supervised release restrictions prohibiting possession of a firearm on any supervisee regardless of …
24-6892 Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-31 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. 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…
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…
24-6818 Matthew Ryan Hunt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether defendants are precluded from asserting as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment, as the Fourth, Eighth, a…
24-6788 Shannon Lamon Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-6789 Johnell Lavell Barber, II v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S.…
24-6791 Ladarrell C. Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-6794 Ismael Moises Haynes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
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.
24-6755 Xavier Armon Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
24-6759 Paul Corey Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
24-6737 Carlsel Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process firearms-ban second-amendment sentencing-guidelines (1) Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year of imprisonment, codified …
24-6738 Steven Dewayne Barnes, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure firearm-possession reasonable-suspicion second-amendment sentencing-enhancement terry-stop 1. The Eleventh Circuit erred in concluding that officers had reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry stop and frisk based on ambiguous and subjective…
24-6744 Tia Lyn Nicole Sulu-Kerr v. Arizona Arizona 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-code enumerated-rights legislative-restriction second-amendment self-defense Whether a state legislature may completely eliminate the enumerated right to self-defense, which is the second amendment's "central component", by lim…
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…
24-6729 Justin Lang Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility drug-offense felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether section 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban for possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner? 2. Can a district court …
24-6693 Sean Wayne Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-law fifth-circuit firearms-conviction second-amendment supreme-court-precedent Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying petitioner's argument that his federal firearms-related conviction violated the Second Amendment, even after rece…
24-936 Andrew Hanson, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2025-02-28 Denied Amici (3) arms-ban common-use constitutional-rights dangerous-weapons second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution allows a categorical ban on arms that are indisputably common throughout the United Sta…
24-6666 Marcus Jerell Anderson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g )(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impr…
24-6669 Gregory Stump v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied IFP bruen-test constitutional-challenge firearm-possession second-amendment serial-number-obliteration statutory-interpretation Stump asks this Court to determine whether 26 U.S.C. § 5861(h), which prohibits possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, violates th…
24-6623 LaMorris Allan French v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-6625 Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-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…
24-6627 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.
24-6606 Willie McCoy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights convicted-felons criminal-law district-of-columbia-v-heller second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights, in light of this Court's interpretation of "the people" in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.…
24-6608 Felix Pusey v. Florida Florida 2025-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment firearm-possession juvenile-offender mandatory-minimum second-amendment sixth-amendment 1. Whether section 790.23(1)(b), Florida Statutes, which criminalizes the possession and ownership of a firearm by people under the age of 24 who have…
24-6582 Dajuan Martin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearm-possession second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) 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 because it is…
24-6569 Derrick Fitzgerald Dial v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-14 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent …
24-6540 Narey Perez-Quibus v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-methodology gun-rights rahimi-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether under the Second Amendment methodology set forth in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), as clarified in Uni…
24-6516 Broxstonie Demichael Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-rights felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-6517 Edell Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 92 2(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term e…
24-6506 Carlton Martin Volz, III v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights convicted-felons criminal-law district-of-columbia-v-heller second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights, in light of this Court's interpretation of "the people" in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.…
24-6507 Deonta Lowe v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent law-abiding-citizens second-amendment supreme-court-precedent Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights, in light of this Court's interpretation of "the people" in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. …
24-6476 Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-validity felon-rights firearms-possession 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…
24-6487 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.
24-6451 Devon Maurice Gray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-03 GVR IFP bruen-test constitutional-law gun-rights rahimi-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether under the Second Amendment methodology set forth in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), as clarified in Uni…
24-6452 Philip Lamar Nordvold v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), prohibiting firearm possession and acquisition by those who have been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonmen…
24-6427 Jose Paz Medina-Cantu v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution gun-rights historical-analysis second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether courts must conduct a historical analysis to decide a Second Amendment challenge to a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5). 2. Whether …
24-6416 Carlos James Meeks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-795 Ivan Antonyuk, et al. v. Steven G. James, In His Official Capacity as the Superintendent of the New York State Police, et al. Second Circuit 2025-01-27 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (2) concealed-carry gun-rights historical-interpretation moral-character second-amendment state-regulation 1. Whether the proper historical time period for ascertaining the Second Amendment's original meaning as applied to the states is 1791, rather than 18…
24-782 Bob Jacobson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety v. Kristin Worth, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-01-23 Denied age-restriction constitutional-rights firearms-regulation historical-analysis public-carry second-amendment Minnesota allows young people significant access to firearms. Young people can use guns under the supervision of an adult at any age, and they can u…
24-773 Joshua Wade v. University of Michigan Michigan 2025-01-21 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) campus-carry constitutional-rights firearm-possession fourteenth-amendment second-amendment sensitive-places Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments allow a criminal ordinance that prohibits mere possession of firearms on an entire poorly-delineated univ…
24A714 Andrew Hanson, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2025-01-21 Presumed Complete bruen-test firearms-regulation historical-analogues large-capacity-magazines second-amendment text-and-history-test Question not identified.
24-6339 Mark Tomas Regan v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearms-possession licensure-requirement second-amendment 1. Whether the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment, the right guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the 14% Amendment to b…
24-6326 Mark Allen Hayden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Floyd v. State, __ S.W.3d___, 2024 WL 4757855 (Tex. Crim. App. November 13, 2024) — issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals after the de…
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.
24-6290 Brent Howard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment (1) 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 i…
24A676 Mark Tomas Regan v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-01-10 Presumed Complete burden-of-proof criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearms-possession second-amendment Whether the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment; the right to be free from conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable …
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…
24A639 Heon Jong Yoo v. Brian Barker, et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-30 Presumed Complete bivens-action due-process federal-database firearms-rights mental-health-designation second-amendment Question not identified.
24-6211 Roderick Wayne Bell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit Courts of Appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) against Second Amen…
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.
24-6197 Gail Manney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-review criminal-statute firearm-regulation ninth-circuit second-amendment The question presented is whether the Second Amendment covers a federal firearm regulation. This Court has not yet clarified the Second Amendment's co…
24-6203 Jesus Perez-Garcia and John Thomas Fencl v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-three-jurisdiction certiorari judicial-review mootness remand second-amendment (1) Whether this Court should grant this petition, vacate the Second Amendment opinion below, and remand with instructions to dismiss the case as moot…
24A620 Narey Perez-Quibus v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-20 Presumed Complete bruen-standard constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation rahimi-exception second-amendment Question not identified.
24A611 Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-19 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearms-possession fundamental-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-649 The Gun Range, LLC v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2024-12-16 Denied Response Waived commercial-speech constitutional-rights gun-shop-regulation municipal-ordinance second-amendment zoning-restrictions Whether prohibiting a business that provides Second Amendment-protected goods and services from operating in substantially all of a city's land areas—…
24-6133 Kyle Wolfe v. Jill Krowinski Vermont 2024-12-13 Denied IFP constitutional-scrutiny first-amendment free-speech petition-rights second-amendment state-law Are current Vermont State Statutes 15 § V.S.A. 5133(e) and 12 V.S.A. § 5131(3) constitutional by U.S. Amendment 1 and Amendment 2 standards? And is OR…
24-6102 Cleate Wilson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. 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…
24-6103 Christopher Gonzales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law felony-prohibition firearms-possession second-amendment 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on the possession of firearms by all felons violate the Second Amendment on its face and as applied to Go…
24-6107 Marcus Albert Rambo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-10 GVR IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure second-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S.__, 144 U.S. 144 S.Ct. 18…
24-6089 Recardo Cartrell Pierce v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
24-6082 Rhobashi Holmes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-rights felony-restrictions firearms-possession interstate-commerce 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, because it is pe…
24-598 B&L Productions, Inc., dba Crossroads of the West, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commercial-speech equal-protection first-amendment gun-show-ban public-forum second-amendment 1. Whether the distinction between pure speech and commercial is obsolete, with the First Amendment protecting all lawful speech in the same manner an…
24-6061 Chadwick Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure fifth-circuit-review firearms-conviction plain-error-review second-amendment Did the Fifth Circuit err in holding that petitioner's argument that his federal firearms-related conviction violated the Second Amendment, both on it…
24-6063 Benjamin Tyree Townsel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. 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…
24-6064 Johnny Nunez Garcia v. United States Second Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure de-novo-review firearm-possession second-amendment supervised-release Whether the term of supervised release prohibiting possession of firearms violates the Second Amendment?
24A536 Leo Stoller v. Arizona Arizona 2024-12-03 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights pro-se second-amendment supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-6046 Steven Eric Walker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-prohibition government-power right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense weapons-regulation Does the unqualified constitutional prohibition established by the Second Amendment delegate to government a free-floating power to infringe upon the …
24A514 Jesus Perez-Garcia and John Thomas Fencl v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-11-26 Presumed Complete bail-reform-act dangerous-persons firearm-restrictions law-abiding-citizens pretrial-release second-amendment Question not identified.
24A509 Willems Calixte, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-25 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-statute gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Question not identified.
24-567 In Re Martin Akerman 2024-11-21 Denied appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process mandamus rule-39.8 second-amendment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit erred in denying the petition for writ of mandamus (Case No. 24-3028) on November…
24-5997 Torrence Denard Whitaker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-20 GVR IFP as-applied-challenge bruen-methodology circuit-split rahimi-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. __, 144 U.S. 144 S.Ct. 1…
24-6006 Michael Tyrone Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-interpretation controlled-substances felony-disarmament gun-rights second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to an individual with nonviolent felony convictions for distributing controlled…
24-5951 Manuel Moya v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felon-ban firearm-possession plain-error second-amendment statutory-interpretation Because the restriction contained in 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1) implicates the right to bear arms and lacks historical analog, is the lifetime ban of poss…
24-5937 Randy Price v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-11-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bruen-test constitutional-interpretation en-banc-review firearm-regulation second-amendment statutory-construction The narrow question presented is whether Second Amendment protected "conduct," for purposes of Bruen's step one, consists of anything other than an in…
24-5909 Bay Travon Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-possession gun-control 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…
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.
24A421 Bob Jacobson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety v. Kristin Worth, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-10-30 Presumed Complete age-restriction bruen-test firearm-regulation gun-rights historical-analogue second-amendment Question not identified.
24-5853 Chad William Reed v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-10-29 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process procedural-protections second-amendment self-defense i, Is if Mu thUihiL of cTujku ftOf q PfoSeciAthf h Prtvulty/y Cwmi)' \ 1Ziolihon It) fkny (X Citizen th'j StconJ /hmrtitHwf fijhf of Seif* htftnfi ■ …
24-5854 Tabitha Ward v. New York Police Department Headquarters License Division New York 2024-10-29 Denied IFP article-78-proceeding bruen-ruling constitutional-rights due-process firearms-license second-amendment The Article 78 Proceeding decision was rendered based on willful false statements submitted to the court by The New York Police Department Headquarte…
24-5828 Stanley Lorenzo Williams v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection felons lifetime-ban second-amendment Does Amendment XIV To The United States Constitution Equal Protection Clause Constitutionally Impermissible Prohibits all States not limited to and in…
24-5795 Carl Langston v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Petitioner's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment where th…
24-5786 Mark Allen Craig, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession gun-rights 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 …
24A369 Steven Walker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-18 Presumed Complete constitutional-burden due-process government-power second-amendment self-defense weapons-regulation 1. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, (2008), this Court rejected the government's belief that it has a plenary power over the individua…
24-403 Cai Hunter McIntosh v. Washington Washington 2024-10-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights-restoration federal-law firearm-rights juvenile-conviction second-amendment state-law In all fifty States, a person loses the constitutional right to possess firearms after being convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in …
24-5744 Andre Michael Dubois v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-10 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent …
24-5723 Terrell Trammell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard circuit-split double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms-possession second-amendment There is a circuit split with Question I whether § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional or not pursuant to Bruen such as to impact Trammell's conviction. As …
24-373 Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., et al v. Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied Amici (2) constitutional-challenge firearms-regulation gun-rights handgun-license maryland-law second-amendment Whether Maryland's Handgun Qualification License Requirement violates the Second Amendment.
24-5690 Rayzjaun Curry v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession gun-rights second-amendment Is the federal statute criminalizing the possession of a firearm by a felon unconstitutional, either on its face or as applied, because it violates th…
24-5639 Isaac Joel Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute federal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-5623 Tahjair Dorsey v. United States Third Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution firearm-disqualification non-violent-felony second-amendment statutory-interpretation Petitioner Tahjair Dorsey pleaded guilty to felon-with-a-firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). His disqualifying prior felony conviction: un…
24-328 Joseph Marion Rywelski v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-09-23 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights equal-footing-doctrine federal-jurisdiction governmental-regulation second-amendment territorial-law Whether this case will resolve all current and future disputes with respect to governmental regulation of Petitioner's, and all other bona fide U.S. C…
24-5576 Jose Antonio Campos-Esqueda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-309 Gabriel Gray, et al. v. Kathy Jennings, Attorney General of Delaware, et al. Third Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-liberties constitutional-rights irreparable-injury judicial-review legal-standing second-amendment Whether the infringement of Second Amendment rights constitutes per se irreparable injury.
24-5560 Adam Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-5506 Rustam Yusupov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation unlawful-possession 1. Whether Rustam Yusupov's conviction for unlawful possession of ammunition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment? 2. Whether th…
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…
24-5488 Brandon Lee Mayfield v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-09 GVR IFP criminal-conviction gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit Whether Mr. Mayfield's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol…
24-5479 Nathan Steward v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce prior-conviction second-amendment (1) 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 i…
24-5482 Travis Adam Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment. Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily requires the court …
24-5453 Thelonious Wayne Kirby v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-04 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-firearms-regulation felony-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's Commerce Clause power.
24-5406 Michael Hoeft v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-08-28 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and (9), the statutes prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of: (1) crimes punishable by imprisonment …
24-5404 Mani Panoam Deng v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge drug-use firearm-prohibition guilty-plea menna-blackledge-doctrine second-amendment 1. Under this Court's Menna-Blackledge doctrine, where a challenger's constitutional "claim is that the [Government] may not convict [him] no matter h…
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 …
24-5392 Stephon James Whitney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split en-banc-review firearm-possession prohibited-person second-amendment section-922g Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment of the court of appeals, and remand for further consideration in light of Rahimi?
24-5393 Taddius Tyrone Woods v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-203 David Snope, et al. v. Anthony G. Brown, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Amici (10)Relisted (16) constitutional-rights firearms-regulation gun-ban second-amendment semiautomatic-weapons state-law Whether the Constitution permits the State of Maryland to ban semiautomatic rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes, including the most popu…
24-5376 Donald Davis Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
24-5328 Aaron Christopher Lindsey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-08-15 GVR IFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge eighth-circuit felon-in-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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…
24-5315 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…
24-5298 Jose Rosado v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Rosado, in light of New York State R…
24-5258 Lance James Talbot v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-07 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Talbot, in light of New York State R…
24-5261 Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
24-131 Ocean State Tactical, LLC, dba Big Bear Hunting and Fishing Supply, et al. v. Rhode Island, et al. First Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (17) 2nd-amendment ammunition-feeding-devices civil-rights common-use constitutional-protection due-process property-rights retrospective-ban second-amendment takings takings-clause This Court has repeatedly underscored that "the Second Amendment protects the possession and use of weapons that are 'in common use at the time.'" N.Y…
24-5229 Justin Levar Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation (1) 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 i…
24-120 David Schieferle v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied 2nd-amendment atf-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-silencer national-firearms-act second-amendment self-defense silencers Whether items such as inline fuel filters and firearms solvent traps, which might be able to function to muffle or silence the report of a firearm, ca…
24-101 John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2024-07-31 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-liability due-process firearm-licensing firearms home-possession interstate-travel licensing residence second-amendment John Cassidy legally purchased common firearms in Texas and carried them to Massachusetts as part of his move to the state in 2010. 1. What type of '…
24-5194 George Henry Purdy, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process presentence-report second-amendment sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? Whether factual findings of a Presentence Report (PSR) that result in a higher sente…
24-93 Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Madison M. Lara, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-30 GVR 2nd-amendment age-restrictions civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms-law founding-era gun-rights historical-analysis historical-evidence rahimi second-amendment Do firearms laws that restrict the rights of 18-to-20-year-olds comply with the Second Amendment?
24-5151 Tyrone Scott Cameron v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-decision constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearms-regulation new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment united-states-v-jackson united-states-v-rahimi PETITIONER'S CONVICTION VIOLATES HIS SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS AND POSSESS AMMUNITION AS EXPANDED BY THE COURT IN New York State Rifle & Pi…
24-5126 Michael J. Brillon v. United States Second Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge As-Applied-Unconstitutionality Bruen bruen-decision constitutional-challenge conviction-review Due-Process facial-challenge Facial-Unconstitutionality Felons second-amendment This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) rendered Mr.…
24-5101 Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
24-5103 David Thomas Overman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
24-5112 Austin Wayne Massey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment L. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
24-37 Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-16 GVR 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-laws federal-law second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).
24-5087 Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defenda…
24-5089 Devonte Antonio Veasley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances due-process facial-challenge firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which restricts the Second Amendment rights of all users of controlled substances, facially unconstitutional?
24-5043 Cortlin Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)( 9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022)…
24-5007 David Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
23-7728 Jonathan Alexander Morales-Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness unlawful-user vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), prohibiting an unlawful user from possessing a firearm, is unconstitutionally vague.
23-7689 Ardis Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
23-7692 Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. II. …
23-7693 Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment? Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) permits conviction for the receipt of any firearm that has ev…
23-7688 Chaves Hodges v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7662 Felix Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-power felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.…
23-7653 Tayron Deshawn Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
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…
23A1068 Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-regulation prior-precedent second-amendment Question not identified.
23A1070 Thomas George Stanko v. United States Third Circuit 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23-7554 Rawtavious Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process exceptional-importance federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7517 Christopher L. Wilson v. Hawaii Hawaii 2024-05-21 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-test civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process licensing-scheme second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause Whether the Bruen test determines when a State's criminal prosecution for carrying a handgun without a license violates the Second Amendment?
23A1037 Joshua Willis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-21 Presumed Complete criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Question not identified.
23-7501 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-17 GVR IFP 18-usc-922 bruen-standard constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Farris's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is un constitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol …
23-7451 Hector Patricio Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment congressional-power criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment on its face or as applied in this case? 2. Does the mere movement of a firearm from one st…
23-7455 Britt Jarriel Hammons v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-statute-922g1 gun-possession-rights individual-rights second-amendment standing treason How can the tenth circuit have a ruling on the same subject matter as the Supreme Court & other circuits courts & has a ruling that is in conflict wit…
23-7397 Diamond L. Barnes v. Felicia Adkins, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure concealed-carry constitutional-right due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure procedural-rule second-amendment standing subject-matter-jurisdiction I. A procedural § 2244 one(l)-year statute-of-limitation(s) ruling (Doc.l)(Doc. 1875) (Doc. 1893) governed by Federal Rule 36 of Appellate Procedure …
23-7401 Kristopher Lee Rocco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
23-7402 Dequon Reon Stovall v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
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.
23-7342 Marlon Jermaine Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession gun-ownership non-violent-felon second-amendment WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONVICTION FOR BEING A NON-VIOLENT FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM VIOLATES THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
23-7305 Ronald Jerome Davis, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
23-7293 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-04-23 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(¢)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Borne, in light of New York State…
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…
23-7231 Bryan Christopher O'Rourke v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-04-16 Denied IFP 18-usc-921a33b 18-usc-922g9 constitutional-rights domestic-violence effective-assistance-of-counsel firearms-prohibition ineffective-assistance misdemeanor-domestic-violence padilla-precedent padilla-v-kentucky second-amendment Whether, pursuant to Padilla, counsel is a fortiori constitutionally deficient for failing to notify a United States citizen of the direct and/or coll…
23-7225 Leroy Hoyle v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. II. …
23-7229 Fredarius D. Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7235 Troy Dontae Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7179 Xavier Lamarr Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-7181 Austin Drake Day v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-7160 John Michael Carrasco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23A893 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-04-08 Presumed Complete certiorari-extension criminal-conviction felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition second-amendment supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23-7125 Alberto Jimenez Pastrana v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.…
23-7055 Jacob Lyon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rahimi waiver 1. Whether an objection to a sentencing enhancement, urged with a specific argument supporting the non-application of that enhancement, waives all oth…
23-1018 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights conceal-carry due-process gun-rights law-enforcement licensing-restrictions second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether New York State Section 400 restrictions on conceal carry handgun license violate the Second Amendment. Under the provision of New York State S…
23-7001 Todd Andre Whitfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
23-1010 Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-14 Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms-ban firearms-regulation gun-rights military-weaponry second-amendment standing takings Whether Illinois' categorical ban on millions of the most commonly owned firearms and ammunition magazines in the nation, including the AR-15 rifle, v…
23-6973 Oren Javentay Pichon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
23-995 Nadine Gazzola, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied 2nd-amendment bruen-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-standing due-process firearms-regulation free-speech preliminary-injunction regulatory-overburden second-amendment standing takings Did the Second Circuit err in the Winter analysis of Petitioners' request for preliminary injunctive relief under Fed. R. Civ. P. 65, including (1.) w…
23-6881 Miguel Salinas, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-travel second-amendment standing 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6869 Corey Jarren Forbito v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment certiorari-petition circuit-split civil-rights constitutional constitutional-challenge due-process firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? Subsidiary Question: Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pending Un…
23-944 Jeremy W. Langley, et al. v. Brendan F. Kelly, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois State Police, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use constitutional-ban due-process firearm-regulation gun-rights heller-v-dc new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment semi-automatic-weapons supreme-court-precedent 1. Is the State of Illinois ' absolute ban of certain commonly owned semi-automatic handguns constitutional in light of the holding in D.C. v. Heller…
23-6850 Eric Michael Lujan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-6842 Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-02-27 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment standing 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…
23-921 Mark Jerome Johnson Blount v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment enforcement-deterrence pre-enforcement-action pre-enforcement-challenge reasonable-fear-of-enforcement second-amendment standing standing-doctrine Does Petitioner, in a pre-enforcement action brought under the Declaratory Judgment Act, have to allege that he has already violated the law or "will …
23-910 Ivan Antonyuk, et al. v. Steven G. James, In His Official Capacity as Acting Superintendent of New York State Police, et al. Second Circuit 2024-02-22 GVR Amici (6)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process gun-rights historical-analysis judicial-review original-meaning second-amendment standing temporal-analysis 1. Whether the proper historical time period for ascertaining the Second Amendment's original meaning is 1791, rather than 1868; and 2. Whether "the …
23-6793 Timothy Burks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6769 Derrick Durrell Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23A757 Breon Hicks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-16 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge controlled-substance due-process firearm-possession second-amendment unlawful-user Question not identified.
23-880 National Association for Gun Rights, et al. v. City of Naperville, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-02-15 Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation founding-era handgun-ban heller-precedent heller-vs-dc second-amendment semi-automatic-weapons 1. Is the State of Illinois' ban of certain handguns constitutional in light of the holding in D.C. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that handgun bans …
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…
23-6754 Rodwick F. Abadam v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review appellate-waiver constitutional-violation miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement second-amendment sentencing sentencing-error 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err when it failed to find that sentencing errors that violated Mr. Abadam's Second Amendment rights can amount to a "miscarr…
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…
23-879 Caleb Barnett, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms firearms-ban gun-rights second-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent Whether Illinois' sweeping ban on common and long-lawful arms violates the Second Amendment.
23-863 Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Anthony G. Brown, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-02-12 Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment bruen civil-rights common-use constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation gun-ownership heller individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom…
23-6689 Guy Mena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment assault-rifle assault-rifles common-use constitutional-interpretation dangerous-and-unusual-weapon high-capacity-magazine high-capacity-magazines methodology second-amendment statutory-construction weapon-classification Whether 26 U.S.C. §5861(e) comports with the Second Amendment? Subsidiary question: whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pending the r…
23-6687 Darius James Francis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6647 Davaudrick Antron EtchisonBrown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedent second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6635 Leslie Fulwiler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-6602 Sylvester Cunningham v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-29 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge bruen circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felon-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional as applie…
23-6521 Shawn Reeves v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment-comparison new-jersey-law permit-requirement second-amendment self-defense standing takings Does prosecuting a person for possessing a firearm without a permit violate the Second and Fourteen Amendments when that person was unable to receive …
23A632 Carlos Guardado v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2024-01-09 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure double-jeopardy legal-development retrial second-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Whether there is an exception to this Court's holding in Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1, 11 (1978), when there was a change in the law as to the e…
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…
23-6278 Devontae Nykel Racliff v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6218 Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6170 Edell Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-06 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment standing 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…
23A509 Melynda Vincent v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Tenth Circuit 2023-12-05 Presumed Complete bruen-test circuit-split constitutional-history firearm-possession non-violent-felony second-amendment Whether the federal ban on felons' possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), is consistent with the Second Amendment as applied to non-violent f…
23-584 Robert R. Snyder v. California California 2023-12-01 Denied Relisted (2) arbitrary-enforcement armed-intent constitutional-vagueness due-process eighth-amendment legislative-intent penal-code rosemond-substantive-holding second-amendment sentencing-enhancement standardless-legislation vagueness • Should California Penal Code § 12022.53 be struck down and voided as vague and standardless legislation? Does petitioner's conviction serve as an ex…
23A486 National Association for Gun Rights, et al. v. City of Naperville, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Presumed Complete bruen-test common-use-test gun-ban heller-precedent second-amendment semi-automatic-firearms 1. Is the State of Illinois' absolute ban of certain handguns constitutional in light of the holding in D.C. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that hand…
23-526 Charles Nichols v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process firearms-rights fourteenth-amendment second-amendment self-defense standing 1. Does the Second Amendment protect the keeping and bearing of loaded and unloaded rifles, shotguns, and handguns, in case of confrontation, for th…
23-510 Dan Caulkins, et al. v. Jay Robert Pritzker, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, et al. Illinois 2023-11-14 Denied Response Waived campaign-contributions caperton-v-massey due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment guarantees-clause judicial-independence judicial-recusal second-amendment Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Right to Fair Hearing and Guarantees Clause, Article IV, Sec. 4: 1. Does a self-evaluative review applying no object…
23-5934 Walter Leonard Jenkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-455 United States v. Litsson Antonio Perez-Gallan Fifth Circuit 2023-10-31 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge domestic-violence due-process firearms firearms-possession protective-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence protective orders, violates the Second…
23-5876 Christian Lamar Porter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-5868 Nicky S. Keo v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2023-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-penalty due-process felony firearm-licensing licensing mandatory-minimum second-amendment self-defense The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires its citizens to get permission from their local police departments before they can exercise their right to …
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 …
23-376 United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights controlled-substance criminal-law drug-user due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substanc…
23-5742 Joseph Michael Easton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-5726 John Holden v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-test constitutional-review felony-indictment firearm-prohibition material-false-statement materiality-standard second-amendment Question 1: Is the criminal prohibition on the receipt of a firearm by a person under felony indictment (18 U.S.C. § 922(n)) constitutional under the …
23-215 John F. Marchisotto v. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office New Jersey 2023-09-07 Denied 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment procedural-due-process red-flag-laws retaliation second-amendment 1. Constitutionality of "Red Flag" Laws: Do "Red Flag" laws, as implemented by states, infringe upon the due process rights guaranteed by the U.S. Con…
23-5424 Caesar V. Vaca v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights-restoration constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law felony-possession habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel restoration-of-civil-rights second-amendment I. Whether reasonable jurist could debate that trial and appellate counsel failed to invoke 18 U.S.C. §921(a)(20) despite abundant legal support for…
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,…
23-5263 Steven Dewayne Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process felon-in-possession felons gun-rights individual-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 Unites States Code section 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face because it infringes on a felon's individual right to keep and bear ar…
23A82 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Jennifer Vanderstok, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-27 Presumed Complete Amici (3) administrative-procedure-act atf-regulation firearm-definition frame-or-receiver ghost-guns second-amendment Question not identified.
23-5188 Mark Anthony Roy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Amendment forbids application of 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) to persons who have no conviction for violent conduct, nor any offense more s…
23-5190 Mardy D. Mollett, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession justification-defense second-amendment Does the inclusion of an fifth element of the justification defense for being a felon in possession of a firearm, requiring the Defendant to prove tha…
23-62 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Scott A. Hardin Sixth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Relisted (3) administrative-law atf-rule automatic-weapon bump-stock due-process firearms-regulation machinegun-definition mass-shootings second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a bump stock device is a "machinegun" as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) because it is designed and intended for use in converting a rifle into a…
23-5130 Caleb Bryant Hickcox v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-procedure reasonableness reasonableness-review second-amendment sentencing sentencing-requirements statutory-interpretation 1) Must district courts comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to state, in open court, the reasons for the sentence imposed? 2) Should …
23-5143 Lonnie Loren Kocontes v. California California 2023-07-19 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process gun-control high-seas international-treaties prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation takings territorial-jurisdiction Whether the State of California lacked territorial subject matter jurisdiction over an alleged homicide on a foreign-flagged ship on the high seas, bo…
23-5111 Jacob Webster, et al. v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al. California 2023-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis criminal-prosecution facial-challenge firearm-regulation new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association-v-brue overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine second-amendment united-states-v-stevens 1. For facial challenges to a state prosecution on Second Amendment grounds, must a criminal defendant prove that no set of circumstances exist under …
23-5095 Marland Maynor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process facial-challenge federal-statute plain-error second-amendment standing I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. First subsidiary question: Whether the plain-error standard …
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).
22-7707 Kelvun Montrail Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
22-1124 Christian Gilbert Tony Nadal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights coram-nobis declaratory-judgment due-process federal-question fraud habeas-corpus machine-gun-regulation machine-guns second-amendment silencers 1. Are catalogues given to Petitioner ie: Global Sales Limited and Shotgun News fraudulently advertising for sale illegal machinegun and silencer kits…
22-7590 Jesse Shane Owens v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law domestic-violence due-process federal-courts firearm-restrictions second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether courts must assess the elements 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) and, if so, whether federal courts must consider a state's own…
22-7460 Carlos Darnell Dixon v. Tennessee Tennessee 2023-05-04 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence firearm-possession jury-inference jury-trial second-amendment The issue presented in this application has never been addressed by this Court; to wit, to what extent may the State violate a citizen's right to bear…
22-7352 Samuel Jesus Avila v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rule plain-error precedent second-amendment standing In Henderson v. United States, this Court held that "it is enough that an error be plain at the time of appellate consideration" to meet the second pr…
22-7276 Antonio Demond Baker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits felon-in-possession police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation L. Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? I. Whet…
22-954 Justin Marcus Zinman v. California California 2023-03-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech homeland-defense political-ideology second-amendment state-secrets takings Whether allowing a Progressive political ideology to influence the law violates the Establishment clause of the First Amendment? Whether the State …
22-915 United States v. Zackey Rahimi Fifth Circuit 2023-03-21 Judgment Issued Amici (69)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders, violates the Secon…
22-6999 Allen Maki v. Texas Texas 2023-03-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction motion-in-limine second-amendment statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law Whether there is a conflict between Tex Criminal Code Art. 44.17 And Tex Gov. Code Sec. 30.00015 (a).(1) (2) Whether it fair to regard Maki 's gentle…
22-6993 Kenneth Ray Carlyle, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights ex-convict-firearms felons interstate-commerce right-to-bear-arms sawed-off-shotguns second-amendment strict-liability 1. Whether A Hiéterical Analysis of the Second Amendment Reveals . 'Felons Armed With Sawed-Off Shotguns Guarding Other Felons The Right of Property I…
22-842 National Rifle Association of America v. Maria T. Vullo Second Circuit 2023-03-06 Judgment Issued Amici (41)Response RequestedRelisted (7) 1st-amendment civil-rights corporate-social-responsibility first-amendment free-speech government-intimidation government-regulation regulatory-coercion second-amendment viewpoint-discrimination Bantam Books v. Sullivan held that a state commission with no formal regulatory power violated the First Amendment when it "deliberately set out to ac…
22-6849 Salvatore Pelullo v. United States Third Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-power felon-dispossession second-amendment speedy-trial standing 1. Whether Congress has the power to dispossess citizens of their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms based on a citizen's non-violent felony…
22-6853 Joshua Seekins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federalism harmless-error interstate-commerce jurisdictional-issue second-amendment sentencing-guidelines (1) Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of ammunition solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the d…
22-6854 Xavier Sims v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedential-authority scarborough-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether—in light of intervening authority in United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)—Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 5…
22-6792 Gary D. Swierski v. Craig Koenig, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review order-to-show-cause reasonably-debatable second-amendment standing (1) When the Northern District Court issued an "ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE" in this Petitioner's (S.A.P.') Second Amendment Petition, is that indicative that…
22-6552 Sergio Guerrero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP ammunition-possession bill-of-rights fourth-amendment lawful-materials probable-cause reasonable-suspicion second-amendment warrantless-arrest Is the Ninth Circuit's decision consistent with this Court's precedents?
22-622 Nadine Gazzola, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights dealer firearms firearms-regulation government-overreach licensing-scheme natural-resources-defense-council second-amendment standing winter-standard 1. Is there a likelihood of success on the merits under Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council that the meaning and purpose of "to keep," as in…
22-357 Mashour Howling v. Maryland Maryland 2022-10-18 Denied Response Waived criminal-felony due-process inter-state-comity lambert-v-california mens-rea morissette-v-united-states rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status-violation 1. Whether in state criminal felony cases premised upon inter-state comity concerns of state statutes conflicting on the legal effect given the underl…
22-5748 James Atkinson v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulation home-possession licensing-law second-amendment standing subjective-standard takings 1. Whether Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 140, § 131(f)—which authorizes the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to suspend a law-abiding, adult citizen's License to …
22-5406 Daniel Edward Gonzalez v. California California 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute drug-possession due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession firearms second-amendment California Health and Safety Code section 11370.1 makes possessing certain drugs while armed a felony. Because mere misdemeanor drug possession is a n…
21-8060 Darrell Cordell Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits federal-power felon-in-possession firearms-regulation police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
21-8044 Bobby Dewayne Thompson, II v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process firearm-possession ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions right-to-counsel second-amendment trial-strategy Did trial counsel entirely fail to present a defense to illegally possessing a firearm by conceding that Thompson possessed a gun when the court's ins…
21-1440 Mark T. McCloskey v. Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel Missouri 2022-05-13 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment due-process fourteenth-amendment moral-turpitude pardon professional-misconduct right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution permit an attorney to be sanctioned …
21-1249 John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-03-15 Denied Response Waived due-process firearm-licensing firearm-possession home-possession licensing-scheme new-residents privileges-and-immunities second-amendment strict-scrutiny Does The Second Amendment's 'core' protections, The Due Process Clause, and Privileges and Immunities Clause extend to new residents when they 'import…
21-1194 Virginia Duncan, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2022-03-02 GVR Amici (5)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process magazine-ban property-rights scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing takings takings-clause In District of Columbia v. Heller, this Court held that the Second Amendment protects arms that are "typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for l…
21-1155 Natalia Marshall v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response Waived civil-rights declaratory-judgment fourth-circuit injunctive-relief mootness second-amendment standing I. Whether a suit seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief is rendered moot on appeal if the plaintiff remains negatively impacted by the …
21-1160 Alfred Morin v. William Lyver, et al. First Circuit 2022-02-22 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection firearm-regulation gun-rights licensing-requirements misdemeanor-restrictions second-amendment standing state-regulation Massachusetts requires people to obtain licenses in order to possess or purchase handguns, and it disqualifies people with certain criminal conviction…
21-7118 Joshua B. Davoren v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession home-defense racial-inequality second-amendment standing takings Is a statute that makes it a crime for every person, including responsible, law-abiding citizens, to possess a firearm, rifle, shotgun, or ammunition …
21-6852 Joedon Bradley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP assets constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process employment-history felon-in-possession firearms in-forma-pauperis indigence monthly-income second-amendment support-obligations Question not identified.
21-910 David Zaitzeff v. City of Seattle, Washington Washington 2021-12-21 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment blade-length civil-rights constitutional-rights fixed-blade-knives knife-carry municipal-code second-amendment self-defense standing The city of Seattle has a municipal code. This code prohibits the public carry of knives by ordinary, law-abiding citizens, speaking of knives which a…
21-902 Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-20 GVR Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 2nd-amendment arms-possession civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-regulation heller-precedent second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom…
21-6514 Jorge Hernandez Rivera v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-of-crime felon-in-possession firearm-offense information-defect second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement WHETHER AN INFORMATION IS DEFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO STATE THE PROPER ELEMENTS FOR THE CRIME OF FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHETHER THE ACCA BAN B…
21-6347 Justin Dwight Sholley-Gonzalez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process intimate-partner-violence plain-error rehaif-error restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a new trial based on plain error is required where the defendant maintained at all times during his pre-Rehaif prosecution that the state cour…
21-6372 James Michael Bartley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights competency-proceeding constitutional-challenge due-process gun-rights judicial-review mental-competency mental-illness right-to-bear-arms second-amendment standing Whether the government may deny a law-abiding citizen their right to bear arms under the Second Amendment based solely on a competency proceeding that…
21-667 Nathan Ernest Hatch v. State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Metropolitan Airports Commission Minnesota 2021-11-04 Denied 2nd-amendment carry-permit civil-rights constitutional-analysis due-process fundamental-rights minnesota-law second-amendment standing strict-scrutiny I. WHETHER, BECAUSE, AS DECLARED BY JUSTICE SCALIA THAT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT NEEDS TO D…
21-6120 Javier Perez v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms heller-interpretation immigration second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants 1. Whether an undocumented immigran t like Javier Perez, who came to the United States over 15 years ago and de veloped substantial ties to this count…
21-6046 Jacques Lisbey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face and as-applied because Congress lacks the power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize…
21-573 John L. Roseman, Sr. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied civil-rights collateral-estoppel disability disability-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination pro-se-litigation second-amendment termination Whether, in contravention to collateral estoppel doctrine, courts below relitigated, inter alia, issues of: (1) whether pro se litigant Roseman was di…
21-5931 Noe Lopez Suchite v. New York New York 2021-10-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-information penal-law right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense trial-transcripts NY-PENAL'LAW' '35.15 JUSTIFICATION . I reasonably believes to defend myself,when I am risk of peril, whenever can be in my defense. I. AM JUSTIFY 4.CO…
21-5827 Jerry Ray Craine v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession government-prosecution mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove, as an element of a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), that defendant knew his constitutionally protected cond…
21-272 Ralph Abekassis v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulations judicial-review mootness second-amendment standing Whether, based on this Court's jurisprudence as articulated in City of Mesquite and Honig, the Second Circuit erred in dismissing this case as moot wh…
21-5464 Steven Eric Walker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-regulation individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause In District of Columbia v. Heller, this Court acknowledged that the Second Amendment protects a pre-existing fundamental right to armed self-defense w…
21-215 Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction due-process government-consent petition-for-redress second-amendment self-defense thirteenth-amendment Does petitioner need the government's consent to petition the government for redress of his grievance that the government has held him in Thirteenth A…
21-175 P. Z. v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-08-06 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process firearm-possession fourth-amendment heller mcdonald public-safety scrutiny-level second-amendment In McDonald v. City of Chicago, the Court held that the Second Amendment right recognized in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a…
21-114 John A. Clifford v. New York New York 2021-07-28 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-civil-case jury-deliberation second-amendment standing witness-testimony (1) Does the 2nd Amendment apply here; (2) Does the granting of immunity in a federal civil case prohibit cross examination of a complaining witness a…
21-104 Robert Timothy Harley v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied as-applied-challenge circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process firearm-possession hearth-and-home second-amendment statutory-interpretation Can there be a personal, individual as-applied challenge under the Second Amendment to a prohibition on the possession of a firearm for the protection…
21-72 Khalid M. Turaani v. Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-07-20 Denied Response Waived adverse-effect constitutional-rights government-disclosure privacy-act reputation second-amendment sixth-circuit-review standing standing-doctrine traceability Whether the standing analysis for Privacy Act improper disclosure claims requires determining if the plaintiff sufficiently alleged an "adverse effect…
21-5084 Donald H. Kimball v. Altoona Police Department, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process party-presentation second-amendment section-1983 1) The Supreme Court recently upheld a ruling unanimously holding that the Ninth Circuit "departed so drastically from the principle of party presenta…
20-8440 Jerry Douglas, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-question felon-in-possession felon-possession jury-instruction justification-defense minor-child-safety minor-protection second-amendment Is a defendant entitled to a justification jury instruction on a charge of possession of ammunition in commerce by a felon when the defendant is actin…
20-8417 David Sutton v. United States District of Columbia 2021-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-assault crime-of-violence due-process possession-of-firearm second-amendment sentencing Question not identified.
20-1706 Leevan Roundtree v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-06-09 Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights constitutional-review due-process felon-dispossession firearm-dispossession firearm-rights non-violent-felony second-amendment standing 1. Whether a non-violent felon may bring an asapplied challenge to a state law that permanently denies Second Amendment rights to anyone convicted of …
20-1703 Martin Dekom v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure-procedure judicial-authority judicial-usurpation mortgage-fraud rooker-feldman-doctrine second-amendment standing Can courts alleviate their backlog by letting staffers usurp the authority of judges? Is the Rooker-Feldman doctrine a safe harbor for fraud? Can co…
20-1639 George K. Young, Jr. v. Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-25 GVR Amici (6)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights concealed-carry due-process home-defense right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding, in direct conflict with the holdings of the First, Seventh and D.C. Circuits, that the Second Amendment…
20-1640 Frederick M. Weber v. Ohio Ohio 2021-05-25 Denied civil-rights constitutional-review core-rights due-process firearm-regulation home-defense home-possession judicial-standard lower-court-uncertainty second-amendment standard-of-review What is the proper standard of constitutional review of a law that impacts the core value of the Second Amendment—possession and use of a firearm with…
20-7897 Steve L. Stanaland, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence firearm-possession right-to-counsel second-amendment self-defense This may very well be in this case and across the Nation . the most important and the biggest question is. (Specifically) [If] y°u live in the middle …
20-1507 Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., et al. v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-04-28 GVR Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process law-abiding-citizens magazine-ban property-rights retrospective-law second-amendment standing takings takings-clause 1. Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates t…
20-7714 Dario Reyes-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process immigration individual-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants Whether resident undocumented immigrants are part of the people whose right to keep and bear arms for individual self defense the second amendment pro…
20-1419 Reb Russell, II v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-04-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-carry home-defense intermediate-scrutiny second-amendment self-defense standing takings In District of Columbia v. Heller, this Court held that the Second Amendment protects "the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of co…
20-7502 Vaughn Alexander Cropper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms-regulation Second-Amendment standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7444 Toddrey Bruce v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP anonymous-911-call circuit-split fourth-amendment high-crime-area law-enforcement navarette-v-california probable-cause reasonable-suspicion second-amendment traffic-stop In Navarette v. California, the Court held that the "absence of additional suspicious conduct"—five minutes of normal driving—did not dispel reasonabl…
20-1151 Libertarian Party of Erie County, et al. v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process heller licensing-discretion may-issue-law mcdonald pistol-permit second-amendment self-defense standing This case presents one big issue that necessarily requires the resolution of a number of critical subsidiary issues. 1. Should the State of New York,…
20-1122 Edward B. Fleury v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-02-16 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process law-enforcement second-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Whether Massachusetts gun storage law M.G.L. c. 140, § 131L, providing enhanced penalties for different types of firearms, is unconstitutionally va…
20-1040 Michael Aaron Strickland v. Oregon Oregon 2021-01-29 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process prior-experiences reasonable-person second-amendment self-defense state-of-mind Did the Oregon courts err in holding that there is no Constitutional right of self-defense except for when someone like the judge would have behaved t…
20-6878 Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
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…
20-843 New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. Kevin P. Bruen, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of New York State Police, et al. Second Circuit 2020-12-23 Judgment Issued Amici (89)Relisted (4) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-prohibition handgun-carry heller law-abiding-citizens mcdonald second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit ordinary law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense.
20-840 Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force 1. Does the Fourth Amendment authorize a police officer to use deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstere…
20-819 Duy T. Mai v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-17 Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-ban juvenile-commitment juvenile-justice mental-health second-amendment standing Can the Second Amendment tolerate a lifetime firearm ban on Mr. Mai, a mentally healthy, stable, and law-abiding individual, because of a juvenile inv…
20-812 Lisa M. Folajtar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felons felony-prohibition firearm-possession nonviolent-crimes second-amendment self-defense tax-fraud Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently prohibits nearly all felons—even those convicted of nonviolent crimes—from possessing firearms for se…
20-782 Raymond Holloway, Jr. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process firearms-prohibition gun-ownership individual-liberty misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violate the Second Amendment?
20-6486 Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history firearm-possession jury-instructions rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation substantial-rights When determining whether a defendant's substantial rights were affected by an indictment and jury instructions that omitted an essential element of a …
20-6142 Steven Spain v. Illinois Illinois 2020-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment gun-rights law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion second-amendment terry-v-ohio In a state that allows residents to carry a firearm in public, is it reasonabl e under the Fourth Amendment to stop and arrest someone for carryi ng a…
20-6046 Eric Gerard McGinnis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied IFP history means-end-scrutiny protective-order second-amendment text tradition I. Most circuits, including the Fifth Circuit below, apply a form of means end scrutiny when evaluating challenges to a statute under the Second Amend…
20-5791 Anthony Moreno v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearms-possession home-defense interest-balancing risk-assessment second-amendment sentencing-guidelines standing 1. Does the use of an interest-balancing test to evaluate the Second Amendment rights of a person to keep and bear arms in his home (or vehicle where …
20-5579 Israel Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Amici (1)IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment standing May an individual charged with violating a law barring the possession of firearms by felons bring an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to his pros…
20-5313 Melquan Tucker v. New York New York 2020-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-of-columbia-v-heller due-process felony-penalties home-protection second-amendment self-defense strict-scrutiny takings Whether New York's Penal Law § 265.01-b(1) is unconstitutional as applied where it imposes criminal, felony penalties when citizens fail to ask for th…
20-5197 Lamar Moore, aka Kane v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender-status criminal-penalties due-process factual-findings ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interstate-commerce plea-waiver second-amendment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements 1) Shouldn't Moore's Plea and conviction under Count one be Vackted in light of Rehaif V.united states, 139 s.ct.2191 (2o1), Where the indictment fail…
19-1418 Zoie H. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-06-25 Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment collateral-consequence constitutional-rights due-process firearm-rights jury-trial juvenile-court second-amendment sixth-amendment Whether the Second and Sixth Amendments permit a state to deprive an individual of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms based on the commi…
19-8567 Thintinus Noseth Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-prohibition second-amendment standard-of-proof Whether the Ninth Circuit's low burden of proof for possession of a firearm in cohabitation cases extends the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) beyond its p…
19-8113 Johnny R. Andoe v. Joe Biden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms government-restrictions individual-rights natural-born-citizens personal-liberty second-amendment voting-rights Na-ior^l kofr^ USt perjo^S /°W ' TR£ fifOflp''on J (*•) - /- 7 C, r. 7-CnS . (a) £5 ,V ior>i l/A ptrbonS 1Con$V,iui; dr\cc( to <//J (V,'A?/'o«/f &e.tu…
19-1057 Lori Rodriguez, et al. v. City of San Jose, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (3) civil-rights community-caretaking constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure immediate-threat issue-preclusion ripeness search-and-seizure second-amendment timely-warrant warrant-requirement 1. Whether the Fourth Amendment allows an exception to its warrant requirement for so-called "community caretaking" where the alleged danger to the co…
19-7420 In Re Adrean Francis 2020-01-27 Denied IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-justice-system drug-crime due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus second-amendment sentencing-enhancement state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation youthful-offender QUESTION ONE: Whether the continued application of a vacated New York "Youthful Offender" conviction constitutes an illegal sentence and creates separ…
19-7378 Octavio Diaz v. San Bernardino County, California, et al. California 2020-01-22 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation circuit-conflict civil-rights civil-rights-violation discriminatory-arrest due-process free-speech manuel-v-city-of-joliet probable-cause second-amendment self-defense Petitioner 's case was wrongly affirmed by the California Court of Appeal for reasons of "probable cause ", despite the fact that Manuel v. City of J…
19-864 Bradley Beers v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-10 GVR civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-restriction involuntary-commitment mental-health mootness second-amendment May the government permanently deny a mentally healthy, responsible, and law-abiding citizen of the United States the opportunity to recover his Secon…
19-6923 Adrian Alaniz v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-violation due-process harmless-error hearsay hearsay-evidence justifiable-homicide manslaughter prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment self-defense standard-of-review I. Where the evidence tended to favor a verdict of justifiable homicide or a lesser verdict of manslaughter, has Petitioner presented a "debatable " i…
19-704 Matthew D. Wilson, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use common-use-test due-process firearms-regulation heller heller-precedent local-government-restriction second-amendment self-defense standing takings This Court has held that the Second Amendment "guarantee[s] the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation." District of C…
19-694 Heather Baker, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kyle Baker, Deceased v. City of Trenton, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-12-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment home-invasion police-conduct police-procedure search-and-seizure second-amendment self-defense standing warrantless-search I. 1. Whether, consistent with the Second Amendment right to bear arms, police can conduct a warrantless search of a private home based on the residen…
19-6487 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-11-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-921a20b 18-usc-922g1 civil-rights civil-rights-restoration constitutional-infirmity cumulative due-process firearms-disabilities firearms-disability jurisdictional-authority misdemeanor-conviction pennsylvania restoration-of-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation DOES TREATING "CIVIL RIGHTS " AS CUMULATIVE RENDER THE ENFORCEMENT OF 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(l) AND 18 U.S.C. §921(a)(20)(B) TO BE CONSTITUTIONALLY INFIRM …
19-487 Kevin W. Culp, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-10-15 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment concealed-carry constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection firearm-rights illinois non-resident-licensing second-amendment standing state-restrictions Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms requires that the State of Illinois allow qualified non-residents to apply for an Illinois co…
19-423 Brian Kirk Malpasso, et al. v. William M. Pallozzi, in His Official Capacity as Maryland Secretary of State Police Fourth Circuit 2019-09-30 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment carry circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process handgun-carry heller law-abiding-citizens mcdonald second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit typical, law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self defense …
19-404 David Seth Worman, et al. v. Maura T. Healey, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment caetano civil-rights due-process firearms-ban heller heller-standard individual-right intermediate-scrutiny mcdonald second-amendment self-defense Does Massachusetts' ban unconstitutionally infringe the individual right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment?
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…
19-5808 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech labor-anti-injunction-act retaliation retaliatory-prosecution second-amendment selective-prosecution standing takings ARE THE ACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE EMAIL IN QUESTION ARE 1. PROTECTED BY THE US SECOND AMENDMENT? SUGGESTED ANSWER: YES 2. IS THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE …
19-5777 Donielle Rashi Ross v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law domestic-violence legal-precedent mens-rea misdemeanor-crime physical-force recklessness recklessness-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation use-of-force voisine-v-united-states Whether this Court's holding in Voisine v. United States, __U.S.__, 136 S.Ct. 2272 (2016), that recklessness is consistent with the "use of physical f…
19-121 Kenneth Miller v. Robert Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington Ninth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment 351 (1973) which satisfies the habeas-corpus 411 US. 345 civil-rights custody-requirement due-process standing 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearm-prohibition fundamental-rights habeas-corpus liberty-interest second-amendment self-defense severe-restraint-on-liberty standing Is the following question one that jurists of reason would find debatable? Does the total prohibition on the exercise of a person's fundamental Secon…
19-5330 Maurice Montrae Parks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-26 GVR IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-validity criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a new trial is warranted where the District Court failed to instruct the jury that, in order to convict a person under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), it …
19-5297 Esterlin Appolon v. Arizona Arizona 2019-07-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-law judicial-review jurisdiction post-conviction second-amendment sentencing standard-of-review state-court sufficiency-of-evidence unreasonable-application Whether, Arizona Supreme Court abuse it's discretion by dismissing the Petition For Special action and Motion For Stay? Whether, the Superior court w…
19-5311 Ivaylo Dodev v. Bank of New York Mellon Arizona 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review arizona-court-of-appeals arizona-rules-of-civil-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure,eviction,dismissal,arizona-rules-o criminal-law due-process eviction eviction-proceedings federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act judicial-discretion rule-41 second-amendment united-states-v-davis voluntary-dismissal Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid 1. Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One abused its discretion by not ruling on the applicability of Rule 41(a)(1) of the Arizona Rules o…
19-111 Fernando I. v. Margarita O. Connecticut 2019-07-23 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-restraining-order civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment parental-rights property-rights second-amendment This is a protected speech as well as parental and property rights case addressing jurisdictional issues of constitutional nature through a civil rest…
19-114 Douglas F. Ciolek v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-07-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process handgun-carry justifiable-need permit-requirement permit-restriction public-carry public-safety second-amendment self-defense standing takings In order to obtain a permit to carry a handgun in the public, the State of New Jersey requires a showing of "justifiable need" which, as defined, does…
19-5199 Billy John Roberson v. Rowlett Police Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights absence-from-crime-scene aggravated-assault-elements assault-elements burden-of-proof conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence penal-code second-amendment sentencing-issues standing texas texas-penal-code 1. How could I receive an Guilty Verdict of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the time of this supposed incident, I, Billy John Roberson, di…
19-27 Mark Cheeseman v. Joseph Polillo, Chief of Police, City of Glassboro, New Jersey, et al. New Jersey 2019-07-02 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry discretionary-permitting due-process handgun-permit justifiable-need public-safety right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-protection standing takings The State of New Jersey broadly prohibits people from carrying or otherwise possessing handguns for the purpose of personal protection—anywhere but in…
18-9707 Blair Cook v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-06-18 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process facial-challenge facial-vagueness fifth-amendment rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation threshold-question vagueness vagueness-doctrine The underlying question presented is: Whether § 922(g)(3) is unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause. This involves a…
18-9670 Charles L. Trice v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 9th-amendment conflict-in-circuits constitutional-rule due-process due-process-interpretation eleventh-circuit-conflict griffith-v-kentucky ninth-amendment second-amendment self-defense self-defense-right weiand-decision The Florida Post-conviction Court Unreasonably Applied Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, 107 S. Ct. 708 (1987), in Determining That Trice's Convicti…
18A1273 Jorge Medina v. William P. Barr, Attorney General District of Columbia 2019-06-07 Presumed Complete as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felon-dispossession firearms-ban heller-precedent second-amendment Whether, and if so on what basis, individuals may seek as-applied Second Amendment relief from felon dispossession laws.
18-9536 Shawn J. Gieswein v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel resentencing second-amendment sentencing-guidelines upward-variance witness-tampering Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit erroneously denied Certificate of Appealability in Mr. Gieswein's case. Was Mr. Gies…
18-9451 Denzel Pittman v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process illinois-law judicial-mandate juvenile-justice mental-health petition-for-leave-to-appeal second-amendment self-regulation standing supreme-court takings A defendant, whose age falls on the Adult side of the Miller height line, is entitled under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution to …
18-9424 Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation 1. Does the "knowingly" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime ? The Court …
18-9234 Rudy Mendoza v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-10 GVR IFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-procedure jury-determination second-amendment section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-davis vagueness 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague. (This question is presently before the Court in United States v. Davis, No. 18-431.) …
18-8833 Shea Pascal Dease v. Virginia Virginia 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process elements felon-in-possession jurisdiction notice second-amendment Question not identified.
18-1272 Michael Gould, et al. v. Andrew Lipson, in His Official Capacity as Chief of the Brookline Police Department, et al. First Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-restrictions good-reason intermediate-scrutiny right-to-bear-arms right-to-carry second-amendment self-defense standing takings In District of Columbia v. Heller, this Court held that the Second Amendment protects "the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of co…
18-8616 Parley Drew Hardman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conclusion constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felon-in-possession index second-amendment sentencing statutory-provisions table-of-contents Question not identified.
18-1164 In Re Alan Giordani 2019-03-07 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court-procedure due-process first-amendment judicial-review property-rights right-to-petition rooker-feldman-doctrine second-amendment second-amendment-review special-master sua-sponte-review takings Whether the failure of the District Court to appoint a federal monitor, or special master to review the matter was error. Whether the District Court'…
18-8118 Alvin Davis, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment witness-tampering Was the Petitioner, Alvin Davis, Jr. denied a fair trial, by violations and conflict of state and federal law, Batson v Kentucky, Brady v Maryland, an…
18-8059 Christopher David Simmons v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power second-amendment In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18…
18-7922 Thomas Isaac LaFleur v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-registration firearm-definition national-firearms-act second-amendment staples-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-freed weapon-classification Did the Eleventh Circuit court of Appeals error in denying the Petitioner's SubjctMatter Jurisdiction claim, where the charging documents statute [26 …
18-7669 Bertulio Moreno-Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation L. Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) violates the Second and Fifth Amendments?
18-936 Jeremy Kettler v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Amici (2) 2nd-amendment congressional-taxing-power constitutional-challenge constitutional-law cox-v-new-hampshire due-process murdock-v-pennsylvania national-firearms-act second-amendment sound-suppressor standing statutory-interpretation tax taxation united-states-v-sonzinsky 1. Whether the National Firearms Act of 1934, upheld in Sonzinsky, continues to be a constitutional exercise of Congress's taxing power when the justi…
18-7451 Shane Cox v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affirmative-defense criminal-procedure due-process due-process-right-to-present-defense federal-preemption federal-prosecution firearms-regulation kansas-law second-amendment short-barreled-rifles silencers state-rights I. Did the district court deny Mr. Cox his due process right to present a defense when it precluded Mr. Cox from arguing to the jury that his reliance…
18-7352 Giovanni Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-843 Ivan Pena, et al. v. Martin Horan, Director, California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms Ninth Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection firearm-regulation firearm-restrictions handgun-regulation intermediate-scrutiny microstamping second-amendment self-defense standing takings California's "Unsafe Handgun Act," Cal. Penal Code § 31900 et seq., violates the Second Amendment by banning handguns of the kind in common use for tr…
18-824 Thomas Rogers, et al. v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) 2nd-amendment carry circuit-split constitutional-carry firearm-rights heller-v-dc intermediate-scrutiny licensing second-amendment self-defense 1. Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense. 2. Whether the government may deny categoric…
18-7152 Yosnel Bonet v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-power federal-prosecution firearm-possession firearms intrastate intrastate-commerce legal-authority possession second-amendment standing supreme-court-review Question not identified.
18-7123 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession firearms legal-knowledge mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924 require the government to prove a criminal defendant's mens rea as to each substantive element of the enumerated s…
18-7088 Oscar Raul Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-7061 Francisco Reza v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-crime federal-crimes felon-in-possession firearms-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing state-misdemeanor Issue 1: Did Petitioner's prior crimes for which he spent less than 1 year and a day imprisonment: qualify as Federal Crimes for enhancement? Issue 2…
18-663 Fredric Russell Mance, Jr., et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (8) 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-firearms-licensees firearm-sales firearms-regulation handgun-sales interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Federal law bars consumers from acquiring handguns outside their home state. This prohibition limits choice and price competition, and forces many han…
18-6771 Johny Gardner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-591 Gary Dressler v. Bradford Rice, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights conspiracy fourth-amendment open-carry probable-cause qualified-immunity second-amendment Question I – Is an individual's Second Amendment right to bear arms violated when he is told by a security guard he cannot open carry in a store and i…
18-6515 Kevin Wayne Vanover and Meredith Ann Yates v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment,constitutional-interpretation,histor civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearm-rights founding-era government-power historical-evidence historical-intent individual-liberty military-force right-to-bear-arms second-amendment standing takings Since the courts and the legislature once recognized the Second Amendment was to protect the right of the people to be prepared to resist abuse of gov…
18-496 Barry Michaels v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-of-columbia-v-heller due-process felon-disarmament felons firearms-restriction heller heller-precedent law-abiding-citizens second-amendment standing 1. What does the phrase "law-abiding, responsible citizens" mean? 2. What does it mean to say that "longstanding prohibitions on the possession of fi…
18-6282 Iseal Dixon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-firearms-law firearm-possession intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-6222 Donte Timothy Bacon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenges class-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure de-novo district-of-colombia-v-heller federal-criminalization federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-regulation guilty-plea interstate-commerce intrastate-firearm-possession intrastate-firearm-sale plain-error second-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unconditional-guilty-plea united-states-v-lopez Consistent with Class v. United States, 583 U.S. _, 138 S.Ct. 798 (2018), are as-applied constitutional challenges to statutes of conviction waived by…
18-6189 Eduardo Salgado v. California California 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment carry-outside-home civil-procedure civil-rights concealed-carry concealed-carry-license due-process federal-circuit-split firearm-rights good-cause-requirement level-of-scrutiny scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense, and what level of scrutiny applies to laws that …
18-318 Christos Koutentis v. New York City Police Department, Licensing Division New York 2018-09-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms-permit firearms-regulation licensing nypd-regulations revocation second-amendment vagueness void-for-vagueness Do the N.Y.P.D. regulations, as applicable to the revocation of a firearms permit, violate the Petitioner's rights under the Second Amendment? Are th…
18-280 New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-06 Judgment Issued Amici (46)Relisted (4) 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-rights handgun handgun-transport handgun-transportation licensed-firearms public-safety right-to-travel second-amendment transport Whether the City's ban on transporting a licensed, locked, and unloaded handgun to a home or shooting range outside city limits is consistent with the…
18-5879 Emory Dickson Eneh v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess…
18-5882 Daniel Vela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess…
18-5762 Pedro Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-191 John Cassidy v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2018-08-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearm-possession heller home-firearm-rights home-possession intermediate-scrutiny interstate-firearm-transfer mcdonald presumptively-lawful-restrictions scrutiny-standard second-amendment state-restrictions strict-scrutiny Private, in home possession of firearms and the 'core' of The Second Amendment's meaning post Heller and McDonald has been largely left open to the va…
18-5541 Darren Kyle Stepp-Zafft v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-penalty due-process firearms-regulation national-firearms-act nfa-firearms right-to-bear-arms second-amendment tax taxation united-states-constitution Is 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) a valid exercise of Congress's power to tax?
18-5593 Maurice Mitchell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-enhancement felony-offense firearm-possession preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard second-amendment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement-2k2.1-b-6-b ussg-2k2.1 Whether the District Court committed error by failing to sustain the defense objection to the four-level enhancement of the sentence under USSG sectio…
18-5467 Virginia Denise Wyche v. Florida Florida 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether jury instructions misstating self-def 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment homicide homicide-statute second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the First District's expansion of the scope of Florida's homicide statute could be used to affirm Wyche's conviction and sentence in light …
18-121 James Rothery, et al. v. Lou Blanas, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry discretionary-licensing discretionary-permit due-process equal-protection law-enforcement-exemption licensing-discretion second-amendment self-defense self-defense-rights standing takings (1) Does California's general prohibition to carry a loaded handgun outside the home, coupled with an arbitrary and capricious licensing scheme for ci…
18-5234 Marcos Rodriguez v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-13 GVR Relisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924c3b co-defendant-motions criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure legal-joinder second-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether the 'risk of force' clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness. Whether the granting of a request to join in motions of a co-def…
18-5167 Levar Brown v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-regulations second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation Law sstéz Farwe GUESS wo, CeLLed TWAt MAN: Nou 2eALLY waat 1p utes, oH DID IAS» AWE SALANGEYL wort THE Gun store fia Tow Home, ALse, A was. HANDED 7D …