No. 25-5713

Emanuel Leyton Picon v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2025-09-24
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: age-restriction constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation right-to-bear-arms second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Second Amendment's guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms applies fully to 18-20-year-olds

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms applies fully to 18 -20-year-olds. PARTIES AND RELATED CASES In addition to Petitioner Emanuel Leyton Picon and Respondent United States of America, the Appellant and Appellee respectively in the court below , the District of Columbia was an Intervenor -Appellee in the court below. The judgment now challenged by Petitioner was entered on September 4, 2025 , by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Emanuel Leyton Picon v. United States , No. 23-CF-0344 . That appeal was from a n April 11, 2023 (nunc pro tunc to April 7, 2023) judgment entered against Petitioner in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in United States of America v. Emanuel Leyton Picon , No. 2021 -CF3-004336 .

Docket Entries

2025-12-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-16
Reply of petitioner Emanuel Leyton Picon filed.
2025-12-16
Reply of Emanuel Leyton Picon submitted.
2025-12-08
Brief of respondent District of Columbia in opposition filed.
2025-12-08
Brief of respondent United States filed.
2025-12-08
Brief of District of Columbia in opposition submitted.
2025-12-08
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-11-14
The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is extended to and including December 8, 2025.
2025-11-10
Motion the District of Columbia to extend the time to file a response from November 24, 2025 to December 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-11-10
Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from November 24, 2025 to December 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-11-10
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-11-10
Motion of District of Columbia for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2025, for all respondents.
2025-10-24
Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from October 24, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-10-24
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2025, for all respondents.
2025-10-16
Motion of the District of Columbia to extend the time to file a response from October 24, 2025 to November 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-10-16
Motion of The District of Columbia for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 24, 2025)

Attorneys

District of Columbia
Caroline Sage Van ZileOffice of the Attorney General for DC, Respondent
Caroline Sage Van ZileOffice of the Attorney General for DC, Respondent
Caroline Sage Van ZileOffice of the Attorney General for DC, Respondent
Emanuel Leyton Picon
Matthew B. KaplanThe Kaplan Law Firm, Petitioner
Matthew B. KaplanThe Kaplan Law Firm, Petitioner
Matthew B. KaplanThe Kaplan Law Firm, Petitioner
The District of Columbia
Caroline Sage Van ZileOffice of the Attorney General for DC, Amicus
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent