No. 25-6750

Shawn Thomas Johnson v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-ban fourth-circuit
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Circuit applied the correct legal standard in rejecting Petitioner's as-applied challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and correctly concluded the statute's categorical ban on firearm possession by felons is constitutional

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Petitioner Shawn Johnson was a felon only because of his nonviolent offenses of manufacturing and uttering counterfeit United States currency. After being convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the Fourth Circuit rejected his as -applied challenge to the constitutionality of Section 922(g)(1) because it categorically rejects all as -applied challenges to Section 922(g)(1)’s constitutionality. Did the Fourth Circuit apply the wrong legal standard to Petitioner’s as -applied challenge? And did the Fourth Cir cuit err in concluding that Section § 922(g)(1)’s categorical ban on the possession of a firearm —by each and every convicted felon —is constitutional .

Docket Entries

2026-02-13
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)

Attorneys

Shawn Thomas Johnson
Mark Andrew JonesBell, Davis & Pitt, PA, Petitioner
Mark Andrew JonesBell, Davis & Pitt, PA, Petitioner
Mark Andrew JonesBell, Davis & Pitt, PA, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent