No. 25-6771

Kionnataya Shevil Reed v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-10
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the lifetime criminalization of any convicted felon's possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

This Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022), brought about a sea change in Second Amendment jurisprudence. In Bruen’s wake, federal district courts and the courts of appeals have considered myriad constitutional challenges to the federal felon in possession statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which has produced wildly divergent results. The question presented is: Does the lifetime criminalization of any convicted felon’s possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?

Docket Entries

2026-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 12, 2026)

Attorneys

Kionnataya S. Reed
Joseph A. DiRuzzo IIIMargulis Gelfand DiRuzzo & Lambson, Petitioner
Joseph A. DiRuzzo IIIMargulis Gelfand DiRuzzo & Lambson, Petitioner
Joseph A. DiRuzzo IIIMargulis Gelfand DiRuzzo & Lambson, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent