No. 25-5747

Sidney Donnell Kimble v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16 (distributed 6 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment for individuals with nonviolent criminal convictions

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 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.
2025-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-21
Rescheduled.
2025-10-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-07
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 27, 2025)

Attorneys

Sidney Donnell Kimble
Carl Richard HenniesFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent