No. 25-5550

Jermaine Nelson v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (4)IFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge due-process felony-disarmament firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal government may not permanently disarm citizens with only remote-in-time, nonviolent prior felony convictions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1 ) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent wi th the Second Amen dment, the federal government may not permanently disarm citizens with only remote-in-time, nonviolent prior fe lony convictions.

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.
2025-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-04
Memorandum for the United States in Opposition of United States submitted.
2025-11-04
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2025-09-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 5, 2025.
2025-09-29
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 6, 2025 to November 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 6, 2025)

Attorneys

Jermaine Nelson
Sarah Jane BaumgartelFederal Defenders of New York, Inc., Petitioner
Sarah Jane BaumgartelFederal Defenders of New York, Inc., Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent