No. 25-6078
Torrence Denard Whitaker v. United States
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Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2026-01-16
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
(1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi , 602 U.S. 680 (2024), a criminal defendant may raise an as -applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) . (2) If so, w hether under the Bruen/Rahimi methodology, the Second Amendment is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant like Petitioner with only nonviolent priors. ii INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(i), Petitioner submits that there are no
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.
2025-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-18
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 10, 2025)
2025-09-16
Application (25A300) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 6, 2025.
2025-09-11
Application (25A300) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2025 to November 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Torrence Whitaker
Brenda Greenberg Bryn — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Brenda Greenberg Bryn — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent