No. 25-6407

Bryan Everal Pittman v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-18
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right , or do only law -abiding persons enjoy this right ? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) withstand Second Amendment scrutiny in all of its applications, or is it unconstitutional as applied to some felons? ii INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)(i) , Mr. Pittman submits that there are no

Docket Entries

2026-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-10-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)
2025-09-11
Application (25A286) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 23, 2025.
2025-09-09
Application (25A286) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 23, 2025 to November 22, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Bryan Everal Pittman
Jonathan DodsonFederal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner
Jonathan DodsonFederal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner
Jonathan DodsonFederal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent