No. 25-5477

Cornell Thomas v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (4)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of 'a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year' from possessing a firearm, violates the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to individuals with prior convictions for nonviolent offenses

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of “a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year” from possessing a firearm, violates the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to individuals with prior convictions for nonviolent offenses .

Docket Entries

2026-01-20
Petition DENIED.
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.
2025-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-13
Reply of Cornell Thomas submitted.
2025-11-13
Reply of petitioner Cornell Thomas filed. (Distributed)
2025-10-27
Memorandum For The United States In Opposition of United States submitted.
2025-10-27
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2025-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 27, 2025.
2025-09-18
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 26, 2025 to October 27, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-08-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 26, 2025)

Attorneys

Cornell Thomas
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent