No. 25-5772

Rudy Mario Flores v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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 prior convictions for nonviolent offenses

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 prior convictions for nonviolent offenses .

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 right to respond submitted.
2025-10-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-09-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 31, 2025)

Attorneys

Rudy Mario Flores
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent