No. 25-1036

Anthony A. Browne v. Kimberly K. Reynolds, in Her Official Capacity as Governor of Iowa, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-03-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: criminal-conviction felon-disenfranchisement fourteenth-amendment restoration-of-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment
Latest Conference: 2026-04-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Iowa Code § 914.7 (2026) entitled "[r]ights not restorable " infringes the Petitioner 's right to keep and bear arms enshrined by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments —suspended upon the Petitioner 's 1991 convictions under Iowa law for Willful Injury, a forcible felony, and Criminal Gang Participation —by barring him from having that right restored for life.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Iowa Code § 914.7 (2026) infringes a petitioner's Second and Fourteenth Amendment right to keep and bear arms by permanently barring restoration of that right following felony convictions for willful injury and criminal gang participation

Docket Entries

2026-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2026-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
2026-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent Brad Kunkel, Sheriff of Johnson County, Iowa to respond filed.
2026-03-03
Waiver of Kimberly K. Reynolds, in her official capacity as Governor of Iowa of right to respond submitted.
2026-03-03
Waiver of right of respondent Kimberly K. Reynolds, in her official capacity as Governor of Iowa to respond filed.
2026-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2026)
2026-01-08
Application (25A792) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until March 2, 2026.
2025-12-31
Application (25A792) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 25, 2026 to March 2, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Anthony Browne
Anthony A. Browne — Petitioner
Brad Kunkel, Sheriff of Johnson County, Iowa
David Michael Van CompernolleJohnson County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Kimberly K. Reynolds, in her official capacity as Governor of Iowa
Patrick Cannon ValenciaOffice of the Attorney General of Iowa, Respondent