No. 25-5758

Jerry Otis Moore v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comply with the text and historical tradition of the Second Amendment in permanently disarming all felons, regardless of offense type, rehabilitation, or any individualized judicial finding of current dangerousness?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comply with the text and historical tradition of the Second Amendment in permanently disarming all felons, regardless of offense type, rehabilitation, or any individualized judicial finding of current dangerousness, as the Fifth and Eighth Circuits have held, or does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment when applied to nonviolent felons, as the Third Circuit has held?

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-10
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-10
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 30, 2025)

Attorneys

Jerry Otis Moore
Joseph Jeff OstiniNational Defense Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent