No. 24-1328
United States v. Keshon Daveon Baxter
Tags: constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment DueProcess
SecondAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2025-10-10
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by unlawful drug users, violates the Second Amendment
Question Presented (from Petition)
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 controlled substance,” violates the Second Amendment as applied to respondent. (II)
Docket Entries
2025-10-14
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
2025-09-22
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2025-09-22
Reply of petitioner United States filed.
2025-09-22
Waiver of United States of the 14-day waiting period submitted.
2025-09-22
Reply of United States submitted.
2025-09-11
Motion of Keshon Daveon Baxter for leave to proceed in forma pauperis submitted.
2025-09-11
Brief of respondent Keshon Daveon Baxter in opposition filed.
2025-09-11
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Keshon Daveon Baxter.
2025-09-11
Brief of Keshon Daveon Baxter in opposition submitted.
2025-08-15
Response Requested. (Due September 15, 2025)
2025-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 30, 2025)
2025-05-20
Application (24A1010) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 3, 2025.
2025-05-19
Application (24A1010) to extend further the time from June 5, 2025 to July 3, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
2025-04-21
Application (24A1010) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 5, 2025.
2025-04-18
Application (24A1010) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 6, 2025 to June 5, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Keshon Daveon Baxter
Gary Dean Dickey Jr. — Dickey & Campbell Law Firm, PLC, Respondent
Gary Dean Dickey Jr. — Dickey & Campbell Law Firm, PLC, Respondent
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Petitioner
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Petitioner
Moez Mansoor Kaba — Hueston Hennigan LLP, Petitioner