No. 25-5027

Gregory Stevens v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court may bypass a Second Amendment challenge to the felon-status offense at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) when the defendant could have been charged with possessing a gun while on parole, were such a prohibition to be enacted

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

are: 1. Whether a court may bypass a Second Amendment challenge to the felon -status offense at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) when the defendant could have been charged with possessing a gun while on parole, were such a prohibition to be enacted . 2. Whether § 922(g)(1), on its face, unconstitutionally abridges the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. 3. Whether, if not facially unconstitutional, § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to persons convicted of felonies not punishable by death.

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-11
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-06-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 4, 2025)
2025-05-22
Application (24A1126) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 30, 2025.
2025-05-19
Application (24A1126) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 29, 2025 to June 30, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Gregory Stevens
Keith M. DonoghueFederal Community Defender Office,Eastern Distri, Petitioner
Keith M. DonoghueFederal Community Defender Office,Eastern Distri, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent