No. 25-5820

Kevin Deane Jones v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: as-applied-challenge conditional-pardon felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-11-14
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, is subject to as-applied challenges under the Second Amendment.

2. Whether § 922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment as applied to Mr. Jones, who had received a conditional pardon for his prior felony convictions, which were decades old and non-violent.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is subject to as-applied challenges under the Second Amendment and whether the statute is constitutional as applied to a person with decades-old nonviolent felony convictions and a conditional pardon

Docket Entries

2025-11-17
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-10-28
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 6, 2025)

Attorneys

Kevin Jones
Katherine HowardOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent