No. 25-7214

Robert Lawrence Jeffery v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-04-16
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-restrictions historical-tradition prior-conviction Second-Amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. 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 as applied to an individual with a prior conviction for injury to an elderly person.

2. Whether, for Second Amendment challenges to § 922(g)(1), courts can consider only the elements of a prior conviction—not the underlying conduct—when determining whether an analogous historical tradition supports permanent disarmament.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to individuals with prior convictions, and whether courts must consider only the elements of a prior conviction rather than underlying conduct when determining if an analogous historical tradition supports permanent disarmament

Docket Entries

2026-04-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 18, 2026)

Attorneys

Robert Lawrence Jeffery
Kristin L. DavidsonFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent