No. 25-6438

Frankie Acosta v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-29
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-possession founding-era-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment for individuals with prior convictions that did not result in disarmament during the Founding era

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

2026-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2025-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 28, 2026)

Attorneys

Frankie Acosta
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
Bradford Wayne BoganFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent