No. 25-5909

Stevie Gomez Contreras v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights felony-conviction firearm-possession founding-era-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment FirstAmendment Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-01-16 (distributed 5 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession for individuals with prior felony convictions violates the Second Amendment

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 offenses that did not result in disarmament in the Founding era .

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.
2025-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-30
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Stevie Gomez Contreras
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent