No. 25-6573

Bernard Kentrell Breeland, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-01-14
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: None
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which categorically prohibits all persons with felony convictions from possessing firearms or ammunition, is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

2. Whether a criminal defendant waives the right to challenge the exclusion of evidence proffered during cross-examination of government witnesses by subsequently declining to introduce that same evidence during his case-in-chief.

3. Whether law enforcement officers who did not witness the commission of a crime may offer lay opinion testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence 701 identifying the defendant as the perpetrator based solely on a post-hoc review of surveillance footage and prior encounters with the defendant.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Docket Entries

2026-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-21
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2026-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 13, 2026)
2025-10-20
Application (25A444) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 11, 2026.
2025-10-08
Application (25A444) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 12, 2025 to January 11, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Bernard Breeland
John LaFitte Warren IIILaw Office of Bill Nettles, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent