No. 24-1155

Melynda Vincent v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-12
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Relisted (7) Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split constitutional-challenge firearm-disarmament historical-analysis nonviolent-felony second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20 (distributed 7 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm a person with a seventeen-year-old nonviolent felony conviction for trying to pass a bad check

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one seventeen -year-old nonviolent felony conviction for trying to pass a bad check .

Docket Entries

2026-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
2026-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2026-01-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-08-19
Reply of petitioner Melynda Vincent filed.
2025-08-19
Reply of Melynda Vincent submitted.
2025-08-11
Brief of Bondi, Pamela J. in opposition submitted.
2025-08-11
Brief of respondent Pamela Bondi, Attorney General in opposition filed.
2025-08-11
Brief of respondent Bondi, Pamela J. in opposition filed.
2025-06-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 11, 2025.
2025-06-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 11, 2025 to August 11, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-06-25
Motion of Bondi, Pamela J. for an extension of time submitted.
2025-06-11
Brief amici curiae of National Rifle Association of America, et al. filed.
2025-06-09
Brief amicus curiae of Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Oklahoma filed.
2025-06-09
Amicus brief of Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Oklahoma submitted.
2025-06-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 11, 2025.
2025-06-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 11, 2025 to July 11, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-06-03
Motion of Bondi, Pamela J. for an extension of time submitted.
2025-05-08

Attorneys

Bondi, Pamela J.
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent
Melynda Vincent
Jeffrey T. GreenGreen Lauerman Chartered P.L.L.C., Petitioner
Jeffrey T. GreenGreen Lauerman Chartered P.L.L.C., Petitioner
Jeffrey T. GreenGreen Lauerman Chartered P.L.L.C., Petitioner
National Rifle Association of America, et al.
Joseph Gary Samuel GreenleeNRA-ILA, Amicus
Joseph Gary Samuel GreenleeNRA-ILA, Amicus
Joseph Gary Samuel GreenleeNRA-ILA, Amicus
Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Jared Timothy GuemmerFederal Public Defender, NDOK, Amicus
Jared Timothy GuemmerFederal Public Defender, NDOK, Amicus
Jared Timothy GuemmerFederal Public Defender, NDOK, Amicus