No. 25-5820
Kevin Deane Jones v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: as-applied-challenge conditional-pardon felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
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 Howard — Office of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent