No. 25-5717

Raul Acosta v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge federal-law felony-disarmament gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
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 a citizen based exclusively on a prior felony conviction

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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 a citizen based exclusively on a prior felony conviction.

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-07
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2025-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Raul Acosta
Sarah Jane BaumgartelFederal Defenders of New York, Inc., Petitioner
Sarah Jane BaumgartelFederal Defenders of New York, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent