No. 25-5303

Jae Michael Bernard v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: firearm-prohibition gun-rights historical-tradition misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a permanent lifetime prohibition for a misdemeanor conviction under 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(9) is consistent with the Second Amendment's historical tradition of firearm regulations

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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 which does not require a corresponding finding of an ongoing credible threat, is consistent with the history and tradition of firearm regulations under the Second Amendment .

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-20
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2025-08-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 8, 2025)

Attorneys

Jae Bernard
James NelsenStowers & Nelsen PLC, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent