Firearm-Possession

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25-6775 Michael Thomas McCowan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-10 Pending IFP constitutional-rights felony-conviction firearm-possession founding-era-interpretation second-amendment statutory-prohibition 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 exce…
25-935 United States v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell Fifth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-conviction federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable b…
25-6729 Antwaun O. Heaggeans v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-05 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-6663 Richard Kirkland Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure firearm-possession knowledge-inference temporary-occupancy Whether the mere presence of a firearm s in a bag on a shelf in a residence is sufficient to presume a defendant's knowledge and constructive possessi…
25A843 Harold Edward Spencer, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-23 Application circumstantial-evidence conspiracy criminal-attempt firearm-possession hobbs-act substantial-step Question not identified.
25-6650 Michael Ledon Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
25-6652 Jarmarl Thornton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-6606 Robert Paul Rosell, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-6597 Daniel Duane Smith, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid as applied to an individual whose only prior charged felony convictions are non-violent offens…
25-6574 Christopher Michael Arredondo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
25-6523 Dennis Martin v. United States Second Circuit 2026-01-08 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), rendered Mr…
25-6418 Joshua David Havins v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP certiorari circuit-split firearm-possession second-amendment section-922g supreme-court-review Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment of the court of appeals, and remand for further consideration in light of the potential grant…
25-6427 Devin Joe Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession non-violent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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 exce…
25A731 Michael Thomas McCowan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-22 Application 922(g)(1) constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment supervised-release Question not identified.
25-6368 Luis Garza-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament firearm-possession plain-error-review second-amendment statutory-interpretation Petitioner Luis Garza-Gomez challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to po…
25-6355 Derrick Fitzgerald Dial v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-12 Pending Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge bruen-test circuit-split felony-restriction firearm-possession second-amendment 1. Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifet…
25-6329 Tommie Slack v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-possession control criminal-law dominion firearm-possession intent Whether establishing constructive possession of a location is sufficient to establish constructive possession of contraband found in the location occu…
25-6313 Owen Zachary Simonson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impriso…
25-6285 Rudy Altamirano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-04 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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 exce…
25-6217 Christopher Wuchter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-11-24 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge controlled-substance facial-unconstitutionality firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by any unlawful user of a controlled substance, is facially unconstitutional under t…
25-6218 Kenleone Joe Nyandoro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-24 Pending IFP appeal-waiver controlled-substance firearm-possession ineffective-assistance second-amendment statutory-maximum 1. Whether the only permissible exceptions to a general appeal waiver are for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel or that the sentence exceeds…
25-6189 Javonte Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-6122 Joshua Corbin Granger v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-scrutiny criminal-law due-process felons-rights firearm-possession second-amendment 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w…
25-6105 Brittany Lyn Isaacson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-13 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge facial-as-applied-challenge firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Ms. Isaacson, in light of New York State…
25-6107 Davon Amos Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-6108 Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonmen…
25-6064 Marcus Gerrod Stokes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25A537 Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Vera Cooper, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-07 Application controlled-substances dangerous-persons firearm-possession historical-tradition medical-marijuana second-amendment Whether a federal statute prohibiting unlawful users of controlled substances from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment when applied to m…
25A504 Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. Fairfax County, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-03 Application constitutional-challenge firearm-possession local-government public-parks second-amendment self-defense Whether a local government's categorical ban on firearm possession in public parks violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms for self-defense
25-5976 Henry Leon Marrow, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5952 Theo M. Owens v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5946 Antonio Montrail Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. When does a record show "that the district court thought the sentence it chose was appropriate irrespective of the guidelines" within the meaning o…
25-5925 Tracy Jenkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-ban Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year v…
25A456 Marquis Melton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-21 Application appellate-review circuit-split firearm-possession guidelines-calculation harmless-error sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eighth Circuit's harmless error analysis in sentencing guidelines calculations improperly prevents meaningful appellate review and conflic…
25-5916 Luis Espinal v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal g…
25-5909 Stevie Gomez Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-rights felony-conviction firearm-possession founding-era-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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 exce…
25-469 Heriberto Carbajal-Flores v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response Waived bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge firearm-possession noncitizen-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), which prohibits firearm possession by all unlawfully present noncitizens, is unconstitutional on its face underth…
25-458 William Collins, III v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-10-15 Denied Response Waived as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-convictions firearm-possession government-restriction second-amendment Petitioner William Collins, III, is an upstanding and law-abiding citizen. His only criminal history stems from youthful indiscretion: minor, nonviole…
25-5875 Christopher Deonta Hemphill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP circuit-court-reasoning constitutional-interpretation due-process firearm-possession rahimi-precedent second-amendment 1) Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly applied the reasoning of the Supreme Court's opinion in United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), in decidi…
25A410 United States v. Aldo Ali Cordova Perez, Jr. Eighth Circuit 2025-10-09 Presumed Complete 922(g)(3) as-applied-challenge controlled-substance facial-challenge firearm-possession second-amendment Whether a federal statute criminalizing firearm possession by unlawful users of controlled substances is facially or as-applied unconstitutional under…
25A395 Travis Schlotterbeck v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-06 Presumed Complete bruen-test circuit-split firearm-possession historical-tradition non-violent-felony second-amendment Whether a federal statute prohibiting firearm possession by individuals with non-violent felony convictions violates the Second Amendment under the hi…
25-5790 Kyle Davey v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether a person can be convicted of possessing a firearm by an "unlawful user" of a controlled substance under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) even if no law p…
25-5772 Rudy Mario Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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 exce…
25-372 Erik Matthew Harris v. United States Third Circuit 2025-09-30 Pending Amici (2) constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance criminal-statute firearm-possession marijuana-use second-amendment I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any…
25-5748 She Ler Yer Lee v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession precedential-review second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Lee's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Asso…
25-5746 Kevin Dwayne Woods, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa 2025-09-26 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights firearm-possession individual-dangerousness marijuana-possession second-amendment state-law Whether, consistent with the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a state may criminalize possessing a firearm while possessing a user quantity …
25-5731 David Alexander Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifet…
25-356 Steven P. Mancuso v. New York New York 2025-09-24 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense The first question is whether New York's Penal Law § 265.03(3), § 265.02(1) and § 265.01-b(1), which prohibit the ownership of a firearm in the home o…
25-5721 Jacob Joshad Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Whether courts should analyze as-applied Second Amendment challenges to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) by examining whether historical tradition supports perman…
25-5722 Isaiah Kahlil Wise v. United States Third Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge felon-disarmament firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte…
25-5707 Reginald Robinson, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g )(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impris…
25-325 Robert L. Fooks v. Maryland Maryland 2025-09-18 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession maryland-law second-amendment supreme-court-precedent 1. Does Maryland Code, Public Safety Article, § 5-133(b)(2), which provides that "a person may not possess a firearm if the person has been convicted …
25-5667 Antonio Deante Town v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5668 Matthew Chambliss Coleman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5637 Jeffrey Michel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense Pursuant to the Second Amendment analysis dictated by New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), and clarified by United S…
25-5655 Walter Lavelle Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5657 Pierre Demetrius Redd v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5658 Devontae Lamont Royal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5624 Nathaniel J. Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5626 Andrew Chafin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment Petition Andrew Chafin is prohibited from possessing a firearm for the rest of his life because he shoplifted several cases of energy drinks from two …
25-5627 Lennie Edward Coles, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5607 Dustin Dewayne Gilbert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifeti…
25-5614 Franklin Jerome Coleman, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5597 Joseph Carroll Bush, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5599 Raymond Lamont Seward v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5601 John Edward Mason, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5603 Germaine Edward Campbell, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25A278 Shadon Demetric Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-10 Presumed Complete armed-career-criminal-act eleventh-circuit felon-in-possession firearm-possession predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement Whether a prior felony conviction qualifies as a predicate offense under the Armed Career Criminal Act for purposes of imposing an enhanced sentence
25-5565 Marcus Delars Branson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-05 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on…
25-5550 Jermaine Nelson v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-disarmament firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal g…
25-5514 Joseph Lee Betancourt v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-02 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable by…
25-5518 Dejuan Dion Bruner v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge domestic-violence firearm-possession misdemeanor permanent-disarmament second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), which imposes a lifetime prohibition on firearm possession by anyone convicted of a domestic-violence misdemeanor, is c…
25A245 Scot Van Oudenhoven v. Wisconsin Department of Justice Wisconsin 2025-08-29 Presumed Complete domestic-violence expungement federal-statute firearm-possession misdemeanor-conviction restoration-of-rights Whether a state court expungement that does not completely negate a prior misdemeanor domestic violence conviction qualifies as an 'expungement' under…
25-5503 Bobby Nathaniel Scott v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-28 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5477 Cornell Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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 exce…
25-5481 Isaac John Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18…
25-5482 Brandon Allen Haynes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law eighth-circuit felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
25-5433 Jon Jesse Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5434 Christian Lamont Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Pending Relisted (7)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5437 Sequan Anthony Fowler v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5438 Tamonte Finney v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5439 Naim Greene v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5441 Azontay Malik Perry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5443 Donovan L. Crews v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5424 Kiyel Tyquello Kearney v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5415 Roberto Antwan Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-20 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession predicate-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied when the predicate convictions which make the person ineligible to possess a firearm were…
25-5417 Shalik Rasheem Mitchell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-20 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5420 Perry Jaquan Jackson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-scrutiny felony-ban firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-5382 Meleke Osborne v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied Relisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a ny felony violates the Second Amendme…
25-5358 Deontay Tyre Compton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment self-defense The question presented in this case is whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of …
25-5338 Avontae Guiden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied IFP bruen-analysis firearm-possession historical-justification probation-status second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)…
25-5352 Antonio Robledo Tovar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18…
25-5299 Alfred Lamar Shavers v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-prohibition firearm-possession second-amendment WHETHER THE CRIME OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER UNDER THE SECOND AMENDMENT WHERE THERE IS A BLANKET PRO…
25-5301 Mario Leequan Thorne v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5302 Cameron Edwards v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the government's prosecution of petitioner under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on his prior convictions violates the Second Amendment. 2. Wh…
25-5259 Antonio Marshall v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g )(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impris…
25-5181 Samuel Adam Sanchez-Tena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been indicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding o…
25-5124 Jacob Graves v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Graves' conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol As…
25-5116 Mark Ellis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession reasonable-doubt I. DUE PROCESS REQUIRES SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ALLOW A RATIONAL JURY TO FIND GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. WHERE THE EVIDENCE THAT A FIREARM WAS PO…
25-5090 Joseph Anthony Zinnerman, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-analysis firearm-possession historical-precedent probation-status second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)…
25A17 Brandon Keith Thompson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete commerce-clause constitutional-challenge federal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s jurisdictional element for firearm possession violates the Commerce Clause when applied to a defendant whose firearm p…
25A21 Deago Lee Eddings v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete disarmament firearm-possession historical-tradition predicate-crime second-amendment supervised-release Whether the Second Amendment precludes disarming individuals on supervised release or state parole under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on historical tra…
25-5009 Joshua Willis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Willis, in light of New York State R…
25-5017 Brant Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-conviction due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Whether the government may deprive citizens of their Second Amendment rights because they were previously convicted of a non-violent crime. 2. Whe…
25-5006 Fredrick Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge circuit-precedent federal-appeal firearm-possession rahimi-decision second-amendment When a criminal defendant in the middle of a direct appeal seeks relief that first becomes available as a result of an intervening decision from this …
25-5007 Fredrick Johnson v. Ohio Ohio 2025-07-01 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-court firearm-possession intervening-precedent second-amendment state-court-appeal Must a state-court appellate system address the merits of a defendant's Second Amendment as-applied challenge to a firearm-possession charge under Rah…
24-7526 Dwayne Lamonica Ford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
24A1294 Jose Antonio Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Presumed Complete circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession fundamental-right second-amendment Whether a federal statute prohibiting firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions, including non-violent offenses, violates the Se…
24-7480 Otis Ray Whitehead, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis felon-prohibition firearm-possession historical-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a court may uphold the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l) based solely on Heller's presumptively lawful language without conducting hi…
24A1267 Deamonte Law v. United States Third Circuit 2025-06-23 Presumed Complete 922(g)(1) bruen-test firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release Whether an individual on supervised release retains Second Amendment rights to possess a firearm under the historical tradition of firearm regulation …
24-7417 Michael Elias Jalomo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-7419 Cardari Bradley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-1234 United States v. Ali Danial Hemani Fifth Circuit 2025-06-04 Granted Amici (23)Relisted (3) constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-users firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by unlawful drug users, violates the Second Amendment as applied to the respondent
24-7347 Joshua Caleb Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
24-7348 Spencer Wayne Bacon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause conviction-restriction criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior convictions violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause
24-7339 Jonathan Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether the government may deprive citizens of their Second Amendment rights based on a non-violent prior conviction and whether such prosecution viol…
24-7342 Jose Gomez Quiroz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment federal-firearms-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), which prohibits individuals under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year from receiv…
24-7334 Brandon Rashaad Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
24-7286 Christopher Glen Mason v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-7275 Jacob Thomas Mireles v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 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 exce…
24-7260 Dawon Hennings v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearm-possession gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year v…
24-7242 Lazarus Casas v. New York New York 2025-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation firearm-possession fourteenth-amendment licensing-regime proper-cause-requirement second-amendment Under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, may New York punish an individual for failing to comply with the licensing regime…
24-7244 Samuel York v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-statute felony-possession firearm-possession jurisdictional-burden second-amendment Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment and does it violate the Commerce Clause when the government's only juris…
24-7217 Ladarius Dean v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-statute felony-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior convictions violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause
24-7188 Xzavier Justin Lee Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession marijuana-users second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a statute criminalizing firearm possession by marijuana users violates the Second Amendment
24-7168 Raymond Charles, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession for individuals with prior felony convictions violates the Second Amendment
24-7158 Ramoine White v. United States Third Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights convicted-felon criminal-activity evidence-standard firearm-possession second-amendment Whether the evidence established articulable facts that the Petitioner was involved in criminal activity and whether the prosecution and conviction fo…
24-7045 Margaret Ann Sutton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction drug-trafficking due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines Whether the evidence is legally sufficient to sustain multiple drug and firearm-related convictions and whether the imposed sentence violates due proc…
24-6936 Deveon Jamear Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-04-07 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment Whether the Charge of Unlawful User of or Addicted to Any Controlled Substance in Possession of a Firearm in Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) is Fac…
24-6924 John Gabriel Trevino v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) and post-conviction supervised release restrictions prohibiting firearm possession comport with the Second Amendment
24-6818 Matthew Ryan Hunt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether defendants are precluded from asserting as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment, or whether such challenges …
24-6789 Johnell Lavell Barber, II v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen
24-6738 Steven Dewayne Barnes, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure firearm-possession reasonable-suspicion second-amendment sentencing-enhancement terry-stop Whether law enforcement can conduct a Terry stop based on subjective factors without specific evidence of criminal activity, and whether a sentencing …
24-6731 Emmanuel Antione Hemphill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits felon-in-possession firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause
24-6713 Elmer Alexis Montano Fuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce state-jurisdiction Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the defend…
24-6666 Marcus Jerell Anderson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impriso…
24-6669 Gregory Stump v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied IFP bruen-test constitutional-challenge firearm-possession second-amendment serial-number-obliteration statutory-interpretation Whether 26 U.S.C. § 5861(h) prohibiting possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number violates the Second Amendment
24-6608 Felix Pusey v. Florida Florida 2025-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment firearm-possession juvenile-offender mandatory-minimum second-amendment sixth-amendment Whether a Florida statute criminalizing firearm possession for individuals under 24 with prior juvenile felony adjudications violates the Second Amend…
24-6582 Dajuan Martin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearm-possession second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face because it is per…
24-6567 Longino Lopez Flores, IV v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal drug-offense fifth-circuit firearm-possession sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation QP: Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming a four-level sentencing enhancement for simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 92…
24-6452 Philip Lamar Nordvold v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), prohibiting firearm possession and acquisition by those convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
24-773 Joshua Wade v. University of Michigan Michigan 2025-01-21 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) campus-carry constitutional-rights firearm-possession fourteenth-amendment second-amendment sensitive-places Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments allow a criminal ordinance that prohibits mere possession of firearms on an entire poorly-delineated univ…
24A669 Dajuan Martin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-08 Presumed Complete criminal-statute fifth-circuit firearm-possession plea-agreement prohibited-person sentencing Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person satisfies the elements of a substantive federal crimi…
24A633 Diontai Moore v. United States Third Circuit 2024-12-27 Presumed Complete bruen firearm-possession gun-control historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release Whether a federal law prohibiting firearm possession by individuals with prior nonviolent convictions is consistent with the Second Amendment's histor…
24-6186 Vicente Alejo Andres, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-trafficking firearm-possession sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether mere possession of a firearm in the same location as drug trafficking constitutes possession 'in furtherance of' a drug offense under 18 U.S.C…
24A600 Jose Paz Medina-Cantu v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-18 Presumed Complete aliens-unlawfully-present bruen firearm-possession historical-tradition rahimi second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A)'s prohibition on firearm possession by aliens unlawfully in the United States is consistent with the historical tradi…
24-6102 Cleate Wilson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior criminal convictions violates the Second Amendment and exceeds Cong…
24-6063 Benjamin Tyree Townsel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior criminal convictions violates the Second Amendment and exceeds Cong…
24-6064 Johnny Nunez Garcia v. United States Second Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure de-novo-review firearm-possession second-amendment supervised-release Whether a term of supervised release prohibiting possession of firearms violates the Second Amendment?
24-5951 Manuel Moya v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felon-ban firearm-possession plain-error second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a lifetime ban on firearm possession for felons under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional given the lack of a historical analog…
24-5902 Demetrius D. Bibbs v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy convicted-felon firearm-possession heroin-distribution insufficient-evidence manifest-weight Whether there is insufficient evidence to convict Mr. Bibbs of heroin distribution conspiracy and firearm possession by a convicted felon, and whether…
24-5869 Shawn Eric Durrah, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon-enhancement drug-distribution firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines Whether mere presence of a firearm and nexus to narcotic activity is sufficient to apply the dangerous weapon enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1)…
24A384 Ryan A. Fleming, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal double-counting eighth-circuit firearm-possession high-speed-chase sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eighth Circuit improperly applied the Sentencing Guidelines by double-counting a high-speed chase for both a firearm enhancement and a rec…
24A392 Rhobashi Holmes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea sentencing Whether a conviction for possessing a firearm after a prior felony conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) requires proof of the defendant's knowledge …
24-5795 Carl Langston v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Petitioner's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment where th…
24-5786 Mark Allen Craig, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits firearm possession by anyone convicted of 'a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one …
24-5690 Rayzjaun Curry v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession gun-rights second-amendment Whether the federal statute criminalizing firearm possession by a felon is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
24-5540 Mykel Lee McMillion v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure firearm-possession fourth-amendment open-carry warrantless-seizure Whether the possession of a firearm in an open-carry state, combined with other wholly innocent factors, is sufficient to justify a warrantless seizur…
24-5507 Taylor Hildreth v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions violates the Second Amendment
24-5479 Nathan Steward v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce prior-conviction second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause in prohibiting firearm possession for individuals with prior convi…
24-5406 Michael Hoeft v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-08-28 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and (9) prohibiting firearm possession by certain convicted persons are facially unconstitutional under the Second Amend…
24-5391 Zavien Lenoy Canada v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-26 GVR IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a federal statute prohibiting firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions violates the Second Amendment's right to bear ar…
24-5392 Stephon James Whitney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split en-banc-review firearm-possession prohibited-person second-amendment section-922g Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment of the court of appeals, and remand for further consideration in light of Rahimi?
24-5393 Taddius Tyrone Woods v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment
24-5376 Donald Davis Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession based on interstate travel and whether such statute is facially unconstitutional …
24-5315 Kevin Deane Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-13 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a federal statute prohibiting firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions violates the Second Amendment
24-5261 Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5229 Justin Levar Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
24-5211 Jerod Askew v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Whether a jury instruction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires reference to 'mere presence' and allows for the jury to draw inferences from improper leg…
24-5101 Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5103 David Thomas Overman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5112 Austin Wayne Massey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5087 Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defendant'…
23-7762 Christopher McPherson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure-appeal drug-trafficking felon-in-possession firearm-possession fourth-circuit-review plain-error-standard rehaif-test sentencing sentencing-discretion sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in upholding the convictions on Count V and Count IV
23-7728 Jonathan Alexander Morales-Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness unlawful-user vagueness 2nd-amendment
23-7715 Noel Bender v. Iowa Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute domestic-violence due-process evidence federal-law firearm-possession gun-rights restraining-order standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation Whether Substubal Evidence Supports the District Court's Holding beyond a reasonable doubt that Noel Berd and Boyle Banks were Cohabiting at the time …
23-7689 Ardis Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7693 Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment?
23-7660 Michael Steven Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7662 Felix Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-power felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause
23-7670 James Edward Young v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1)
23-7653 Tayron Deshawn Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23A1070 Thomas George Stanko v. United States Third Circuit 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment supreme-court-review Whether a felon's possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid in light of recent Second Amendment jurisprudence
23-7451 Hector Patricio Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment congressional-power criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
23-7419 Warren Ledominique Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1)
23-7421 Demarcus Deon Staples v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1)
23-7401 Kristopher Lee Rocco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-1171 Terrance Guinn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response Waived collateral-review constitutional-law due-process factual-innocence federal-habeas firearm-possession firearms rehaif retroactive-application statutory-interpretation Whether petitioner is entitled to seek relief under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) based on his claim that his conviction for possessing a f…
23-7342 Marlon Jermaine Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession gun-ownership non-violent-felon second-amendment Whether petitioner's conviction for being a non-violent felon in possession of a firearm violates the Second Amendment
23-7305 Ronald Jerome Davis, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7293 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-04-23 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
23-7288 Jorge Bartolomei v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm by any person who was previously convicted of 'a crime punishable by imprisonment for a te…
23-7235 Troy Dontae Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7179 Xavier Lamarr Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7181 Austin Drake Day v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7160 John Michael Carrasco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7125 Alberto Jimenez Pastrana v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause
23-7075 Breon D. Hicks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions section-924(c) section-924c unlawful-user Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury concerning the Section 924(c) charges?
23-7001 Todd Andre Whitfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6973 Oren Javentay Pichon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6881 Miguel Salinas, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-travel second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6850 Eric Michael Lujan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6793 Timothy Burks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6769 Derrick Durrell Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23A757 Breon Hicks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-16 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge controlled-substance due-process firearm-possession second-amendment unlawful-user Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(3), which criminalizes firearm possession by unlawful drug users, is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
23-6750 Patrick Aboite v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) complies with the Second Amendment?
23-6724 Terrence Michael Taylor, aka Terrance Michael Taylor v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-02-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-claim double-jeopardy firearm-possession guilty-plea plea-colloquy statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution Does a defendant's guilty plea to an indictment charging multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), unlawful firearm possession, waive his Double Jeop…
23-6687 Darius James Francis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6647 Davaudrick Antron EtchisonBrown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedent second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6601 Quentin John Fishburne v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-conviction due-process exclusionary-rule firearm-possession fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-checkpoint traffic-stop Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to reverse the trial court's order denying the Petitioner's Motion to Suppress the discov…
23A686 Clifford Laines, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-24 Presumed Complete armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines serious-drug-offense Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's definition of 'serious drug offense' requires a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more for the unde…
23A612 Thurmond Allen v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-01-03 Presumed Complete firearm-possession fourth-amendment hearsay-evidence probable-cause search-warrant warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment permits the warrantless search of an apartment based on a neighbor's hearsay statement about an overheard gun reference
23-6335 Devonne L. Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-leadership criminal-organization criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing firearm-possession guideline-enhancement leadership sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review Whether the lower court erred in applying a 4-level increase pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 3B1.1(a) in determining the Petitioner to be an o…
23-6339 Juan Guzman, aka Juan Villarreal-Guzman, aka Juan Guzman-Villareal, aka Victor Nava, aka Francisco Lara, aka Francisco Lara-Paramo, aka Ayala Ramoro, aka Carlos Solorio, aka Daniel Solorio, aka Flaco v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion assault-with-a-firearm criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion evidence-admission firearm-possession prior-allegation prior-bad-acts sixth-circuit Does a District Court prejudicially abuse its discretion in a firearm-possession case when it receives evidence about a prior, unrelated allegation of…
23-6278 Devontae Nykel Racliff v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6218 Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
23A509 Melynda Vincent v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Tenth Circuit 2023-12-05 Presumed Complete bruen-test circuit-split constitutional-history firearm-possession non-violent-felony second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment permits the federal government to permanently prohibit possession of firearms by individuals convicted of non-violent fel…
23-6091 Valentino Bernard Lee v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-11-22 Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession jury-instructions legal-principles mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence possession-of-firearm sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the trial court erred in sentencing the defendant to a mandatory 10-year minimum sentence under Florida Statute § 775.087(2)(a)1 when the defe…
23-6100 Joseph Eugene Dix v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce interstate-travel statutory-interpretation Whether a felon's intrastate possession of a firearm violates 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) solely because the firearm previously crossed state lines
23-6042 Joel Flores v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process fair-warning firearm-possession firearms statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C.§924(c) provides fair warning of what constitutes possession of a firearm 'in furtherance of' a drug offense as opposed to possession…
23-5934 Walter Leonard Jenkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-5920 Leopoldo Ramirez-Moreno v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-authority firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce scarborough state-affairs united-states-v-lopez Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because the firearm crossed state lines at some point before the defendant …
23-5908 Michael James Choulat v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied IFP which expands the application of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) agency-deference criminal-law drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Kisor's limits on courts' deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation permitted deference to Comment 14(B), which expands th…
23-5876 Christian Lamar Porter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-5893 Tigran Zmrukhtyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure firearm-possession law-enforcement law-enforcement-interaction physical-struggle reckless-conduct risk-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Does mere possession of a firearm, even during a brief physical struggle with law enforcement, support a § 3C1.2 enhancement?
23-374 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range Third Circuit 2023-10-10 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process felons felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) complies with the Second Amendment
23-376 United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights controlled-substance criminal-law drug-user due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3) violates the Second Amendment
23-5742 Joseph Michael Easton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-5718 Adam Neftali Santana v. United States Third Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment conspiracy-charge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession motion-to-suppress search-warrant standing Did the Court err when it denied Petitioner's Motion to Suppress the evidence obtained through the execution of the contingency search warrant?
23-5639 Damaso Rivera-Fonseca v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge convicted-felon criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rehaif-v-united-states strickland-standard Was the defense counsel ineffective under Strickland v. Washington?
23-5190 Mardy D. Mollett, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession justification-defense second-amendment Does the inclusion of a fifth element of the justification defense for being a felon in possession of a firearm, requiring the Defendant to prove that…
23A28 Moses Crowe v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-07-12 Presumed Complete carjacking confrontation-clause eighth-circuit fair-trial firearm-possession sixth-amendment Whether the Eighth Circuit violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment and denied Mr. Crowe his constitutional right to a fair trial in h…
22-7670 Lonnie Burdette Porter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in finding sufficient evidence to convict the defendant under 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) based solely on the defendant's ack…
22-7644 Mark Anthony Reyna v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-7524 Larry Carl Mack v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-7460 Carlos Darnell Dixon v. Tennessee Tennessee 2023-05-04 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence firearm-possession jury-inference jury-trial second-amendment To what extent may the State violate a citizen's right to bear arms as secured by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution against him/h…
22-7155 Kalid Koron Ocean-Avent v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-errors fair-trial firearm firearm-possession jury reasonable-doubt Whether the Government proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. OceanAvent possessed a firearm
22-7157 Andreqio Stevens v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-transportation jurisdictional-element prohibited-persons statutory-interpretation Does the different language used by Congress as to the possession crime require a jury to find more than a prior shipping or transportation of the fir…
22-7066 Bonnie Pfluger v. Wendy Nicholas, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Muncy, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied IFP bill-of-attainder constitutional-law constitutional-restriction criminal-law due-process firearm-possession parole parole-violation statutory-interpretation Whether the defendant can be found guilty for a parole violation and a criminal violation for illegal possession of a firearm if it is illegal to tran…
22-915 United States v. Zackey Rahimi Fifth Circuit 2023-03-21 Judgment Issued Amici (69)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment
22-6854 Xavier Sims v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedential-authority scarborough-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States to criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm on the sole basis that the firearm once mo…
22-6573 Delamon A. Marshall v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause constitutional-law domestic-violence firearm-possession statutory-interpretation violent-felony Does a prior conviction for domestic violence qualify as a violent felony under the ACCA?
22-6422 Richard Bernard Nichols v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6331 Lance Green v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-confrontation confrontation-clause daubert dna-evidence due-process firearm-possession sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act 6th-amendment-confrontation,due-process,speedy-trial-act,6th-amendment,daubert,dna-evidence
22-6318 Eduardo Ocegueda-Ruiz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does a person possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), when the person receives a…
22-6314 Ramiro Leal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6151 Demon Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6047 Juan Teran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-5918 Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-5838 Yasser Ashburn v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict criminal-enterprise firearm-possession gang-related-purpose jury-instruction predicate-acts racketeering rico rico-act Whether requisite proof to establish a RICO offense or RICO conspiracy requires a 'gang related purpose' or 'gaining entrance to, or maintaining or in…
22-5639 Eddie Dewayne Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-5406 Daniel Edward Gonzalez v. California California 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute drug-possession due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession firearms second-amendment Whether California Health and Safety Code section 11370.1 violates the Second Amendment by making possessing certain drugs while armed a felony
22-5242 Tavaras Etone Warren v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-indictment due-process firearm-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-exclusion statutory-interpretation Is such other offense categorically excluded from being treated as a crime of violence?
22-76 Keith L. Carnes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Amici (2) 2nd-amendment circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-use due-process firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation unlawful-user Whether the government must show the defendant's regular or habitual drug use to establish that the defendant is an 'unlawful user' of a controlled su…
22-5138 Arthur Frank Cardenas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession habeas-corpus knowledge-element ninth-circuit rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states right-to-counsel sentencing Whether a certificate of appealability should be granted due to the District Court and Ninth Circuit's error in not granting it
22-5062 Zachary Chambers v. R. Thompson, Warden Third Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession habeas-corpus retroactivity safety-valve-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), renders invalid the imposition of Petitioner's sentencing enhancement for possession of a fir…
22-5057 Wade Lawrence Duchaine v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g) commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element minimal-nexus scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation substantial-nexus Can the government establish the interstate commerce element in a § 922(g) prosecution under the minimal nexus standard by only providing evidence tha…
21-8272 Robert Edward Guerra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-8044 Bobby Dewayne Thompson, II v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process firearm-possession ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions right-to-counsel second-amendment trial-strategy Did trial counsel entirely fail to present a defense to illegally possessing a firearm by conceding that Thompson possessed a gun when the court's ins…
21-7971 Gaston Salazar-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-1341 Wysingo Turner v. Christine Brannon-Dortch, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-04-11 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-law firearm-possession murder-trial self-defense standing state-court Whether a state court's decision that a criminal defendant can be falsely accused during his state criminal murder trial of 'illegally' possessing out…
21-7529 Jesse Dean Mince v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-7459 Robbie Catchings, aka Robert Brown, aka Robbie Catching v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law firearm-possession firearms jury-instructions jury-verdict knowingly-possessed statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's verdict that petitioner knowingly possessed a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
21-7433 Donnell Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-travel precedent-tension standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-7403 James Calvin Breeden v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states rule-29 rule-29-motion Whether the district court erred under Rehaif v. United States by denying requested jury instructions and a Rule 29 motion for acquittal on the felon-…
21-1249 John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-03-15 Denied Response Waived due-process firearm-licensing firearm-possession home-possession licensing-scheme new-residents privileges-and-immunities second-amendment strict-scrutiny Does the Second Amendment's core protections, the Due Process Clause, and Privileges and Immunities Clause extend to new residents when they import le…
21-7356 Stacey Tremaine Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence firearm-possession guideline-calculation jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-proof uncharged-conduct Whether there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find the petitioner guilty of drug-trafficking,firearm-possession
21-7359 Kaleb Gattis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-7118 Joshua B. Davoren v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession home-defense racial-inequality second-amendment standing takings Is a statute that makes it a crime for every person, including responsible, law-abiding citizens, to possess a firearm, rifle, shotgun, or ammunition …
21-6993 Damon Willis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions prohibited-status rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen Does Rehaif v. United States preclude a jury instruction that the federal government must prove a defendant knew his prohibited status made it illegal…
21-6768 Emanuel E. Goines, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether a felon's intrastate possession of a firearm violates 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) solely because the firearm previously crossed state lines
21-6589 Lamont Guinyard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause
21-6148 Lonnie Earl Parlor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking enhancement-factors firearm-possession firearms relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines specific-offense-characteristics statutory-maximum uncharged-conduct Whether a defendant's uncharged possession of firearms is 'relevant conduct' for sentencing enhancement
21-6044 Kenneth Jay Still v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit firearm-possession firearms justification justification-defense police-contact prohibited-person self-defense Whether the Eighth Circuit erred by holding that a defendant prohibited from possessing a firearm may not present a justification defense if he or she…
21-6046 Jacques Lisbey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional
21-5905 Mitchell L. Christen v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-10-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment alcohol-intoxication civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession self-defense standing state-regulation takings May the State criminalize Mr. Christen's otherwise constitutionally protected actions purely on the basis of his legal intoxication?
21-5827 Jerry Ray Craine v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession government-prosecution mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove, as an element of a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), that defendant knew his constitutionally protected cond…
21-5610 Willie M. Hardy, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender confession crime-of-violence criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession jury-instructions malicious-wounding sentencing sentencing-factor sufficiency-of-evidence Whether Virginia Code 18.2-51 is a crime of violence
21-5559 Selvin Leonell Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidentiary-standard federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea Whether possession of a firearm is 'in or affecting commerce' when there is no evidence that the defendant moved the firearm across state lines or tha…
21-5548 Brent Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-counting firearm-possession plain-error reckless-endangerment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines vehicular-flight Did the district court plainly err when it applied a 2-level enhancement for 'reckless endangerment during flight' after already applying a 4-level 'i…
21-5432 Deangelo Lenard Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession firearms knowledge-of-status mens-rea misdemeanor-conviction rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove the defendant's knowledge of the specific elements of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in a prosecution unde…
21-175 P. Z. v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-08-06 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process firearm-possession fourth-amendment heller mcdonald public-safety scrutiny-level second-amendment What is the proper level of scrutiny for the Second Amendment right to possess firearms in the home?
21-5244 Burudi Jarade Faison v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-jurisprudence congressional-power constitutional-interpretation federal-sentencing firearm-possession overrule precedent scarborough-v-us tenth-amendment us-v-lopez If the current precedent case law for commerce jurisprudence, i.e, U.S. Lopez 514 US 549, conflicts with another currently-applied case decision, i.e,…
21-104 Robert Timothy Harley v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied as-applied-challenge circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process firearm-possession hearth-and-home second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there can be a personal, individual as-applied challenge under the Second Amendment to a prohibition on the possession of a firearm for the pr…
21-5211 Edwin Artis Pettaway v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process firearm-possession search-and-seizure search-warrant sentencing Was Mr. Pettaway denied his constitutional right to present a complete defense?
21-5060 Kevin Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 circuit-split criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-hayes Whether a defendant must know his prior conviction qualified as a 'misdemeanor crime of domestic violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9)
20-8228 John Campbell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery count-severance criminal-procedure evidence evidence-suppression firearm-possession jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-enhancement Did the district court incorrectly decline to charge the jury on a key element of armed bank robbery?
20-8216 Justin Michael Wilson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation brandishing carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-intent due-process firearm firearm-possession intent prosecutorial-misconduct serious-bodily-injury witness-impeachment Whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction for carjacking and possession of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence when t…
20-8066 James Hill v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-prosecution federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation Whether the federal government may obtain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on the purely local possession of a firearm that has previous…
20-8011 Troy Webb v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g)(1) 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-statute discarding-firearm due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the lower court's co…
20-7961 Antonio Olmeda v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession jury-determination jury-trial multiplicitous-conviction sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a Judgment and Conviction on two counts, under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1.(a), for unlawful 'receipt' of a firearm and 'Possession' of that firearm is m…
20-1522 United States v. Malik Nasir Third Circuit 2021-04-30 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) appellate-review circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction following a trial for possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U…
20-7897 Steve L. Stanaland, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence firearm-possession right-to-counsel second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home in a desolate area far from law enforcement
20-7867 Howard Allen Groffel v. Virginia Virginia 2021-04-27 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession firearms protective-order protective-orders status-crime status-crimes Does the Double Jeopardy Clause permit charging multiple 'status crimes' for a single criminal act?
20-7680 Jonathan Beasley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove the defendant knew his prior conviction prohibited firearm possession
20-1295 United States v. Timothy Zachary Green Fourth Circuit 2021-03-17 GVR Relisted (2) circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession plain-error-review prejudice-standard statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction for possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, in violation of 18 …
20-7476 Jose Armondo Ramos Cabrera v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure defendant-objection due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review two-level-enhancement Whether the court erred when it denied defendant's objection to the two level enhancement for possession of a firearm
20-7360 Emmanuel Feaster v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that petitioner Emmanuel Feaste…
20-7314 Willard Lee Moss, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-conviction criminal-law domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit legal-error mens-rea rehaif rehaif-error Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming Moss's conviction for possession of a firearm by a domestic-violence-offender, where the evidence indica…
20-1167 Jose Susumo Azano Matsura v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied firearm-possession guilty-knowledge plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment-rights statutory-exceptions unconstitutionally-vague visa-holder Should the Court grant review to clarify the guilty knowledge element under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B)
20-7181 Quincy O'Neill Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm firearm-possession government-burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dye united-states-v-frady Whether the phrase 'in furtherance of' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A) requires the government to show a 'nexus' between the firearm and the drug traffickin…
20-7122 Adam Lloyd Cooper v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea rosemond-v-united-states Whether Sec. 924(c) contains a specific mens rea requirement
20-7036 Emmanuel Ravell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP automatic-relief circuit-split criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-possession guilty-plea plain-error rehaif structural-error Whether a guilty plea to possessing a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and 924(a) that was entered before Rehaif v. United State…
20-1017 Lawrence Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment affirmative-defense circuit-split civil-rights common-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession law-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether innocent transitory possession is an affirmative defense to illegal possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)
20-6973 Tommy Demond Fannin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault criminal-procedure cross-reference district-court due-process fifth-circuit firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines Did the district court err when it imposed a cross-reference under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2K2.1(c)(1) without a connection between the po…
20-6878 Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
20-902 Kenneth E. Flick v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Amici (4) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenges circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-copyright criminal-history felony-conviction felony-convictions firearm-possession second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment secures Ken Flick's right to keep and bear arms, notwithstanding his convictions for importing and selling counterfeit ca…
20-6640 James David Perryman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
20-812 Lisa M. Folajtar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felons felony-prohibition firearm-possession nonviolent-crimes second-amendment self-defense tax-fraud Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
20-6610 Luis Sanabria-Robreno v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-922g constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements firearm-possession guilty-plea plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states When defendants plead guilty, can a court treat a plea as constitutionally valid when it was entered without knowledge of an offense element?
20-6486 Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history firearm-possession jury-instructions rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation substantial-rights Whether a reviewing court may consider a defendant's criminal history facts not admitted at trial when determining if an omission of an essential elem…
20-6465 Damontaze Montrell Tillery v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP convicted-felon criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession motion-for-acquittal sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the evidence at trial was sufficient to convict Petitioner
20-6412 Robert St. Hilaire v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines serial-number serial-number-alteration statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit properly construed the meaning of U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(4)(B)
20-6420 Oscar Urias Espinoza, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
20-6373 Cordarrius Bonds v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession knowledge-of-status plain-error plea-bargaining sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-precedent structural-error Whether a defendant who pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm is entitled to automatic plain-error reversal when the plea was neithe…
20-6109 Rashawn D. Watson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession guilty-plea indictment indictment-sufficiency knowledge-element mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states Whether the decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) requires that Petitioner's guilty plea and conviction be vacated
20-444 United States v. Michael Andrew Gary Fourth Circuit 2020-10-07 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea plain-error plain-error-rule plea-bargaining plea-colloquy substantial-rights Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon is automatically entitled to plain-error relief if the district court did no…
20-5939 Kadeem Burden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Relisted (4)IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession jury-instructions plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment Whether a reviewing court may affirm a conviction under plain error review based on speculation about the defendant's knowledge of his prohibited stat…
20-5646 Sean Justin Owens v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-conviction firearm-possession jury prior-conviction prior-convictions rehaif-v-united-states sentencing serious-drug-offense Whether courts of appeals may affirm a defendant's conviction by relying on facts about the defendant's prior convictions that were not proven to the …
20-5558 Anthony Smith v. United States Second Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions knowledge-element mens-rea plain-error prohibited-possession Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that appellant Anthony Smith kn…
20-5579 Israel Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Amici (1)IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment standing Whether an individual charged with violating a law barring the possession of firearms by felons can bring an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to …
20-256 Zavian Munize Jordan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Amici (2) 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession predicate-crime statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether separate convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) require separate predicate crimes and separate acts of using, carrying, or possessing a firea…
20-5341 Erik Becerra v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied IFP affirmative-defense criminal-justice criminal-prosecution federal-law firearm-possession judicial-development lower-court-conflict statutory-interpretation Does federal law permit the judicial development of an innocent-transitory possession (ITP) affirmative defense in a criminal prosecution for unlawful…
20-5321 Michael Wayne Wadena v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights controlled-substance criminal-history due-process eighth-amendment firearm-possession related-cases sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals have jurisdiction to hear a certificate of appealability
20-5058 Randy Estevez v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-unanimity sentencing sentencing-reasonableness u-s-sentencing-guidelines unanimity Whether the district court erred in not instructing the jury that it should be unanimous on the date and location of his alleged possession of the fir…
20-5025 Eddie Matthew Amos v. Tommy Bowen Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP convicted-felon criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial felon-in-possession firearm-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense Is a criminal defendant denied a fair trial and the effective assistance of counsel when defense counsel fails to request a jury instruction on self-d…
20-5008 Emilio Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-8662 Jason Paris Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-8453 John Christopher Dobbs v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cross-reference district-court federal-rules firearm-possession judicial-findings presentence-report rule-32 sentencing-guidelines When a defendant disputes that he has committed a Cross Reference crime, does Rule 32(i)(3)(B) require the district court to make specific findings ab…
19-7855 Jeremy T. Walker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari criminal-procedure district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession material-facts obstruction offense-level-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines serial-number serial-number-obliteration Whether the district court erred at sentencing by increasing Mr. Walker's Sentencing Guidelines offense level for possessing a gun with an obliterated…
19-7472 Tymaine Akeen Lewis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(e) armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance drug-offense firearm-possession prior-conviction qualifying-offense robbery statutory-interpretation texas-robbery violent Whether Petitioner is an Armed Career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)?
19-7305 William James Springer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-possession constructive-possession criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm-possession foreseeability jointly-undertaken-activity sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant's sentence can be enhanced under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1) for possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense …
19-7271 Eric Hall v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute burglary-statutes categorical-approach conviction conviction-requirements criminal-plea entry entry-element firearm-possession generic-crime generic-crimes instrument plea-withdrawal rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic
19-6902 Samir Benamor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP antique-firearm burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation Whether the Government bears the burden of proving that the defendant knew the charged firearm has the characteristics that make its possession illega…
19-6910 Alfred T. Moliere v. Texas Texas 2019-12-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey article-42.013 constitutional-rights criminal-penalties criminal-penalty family-violence firearm-possession jury-determination jury-trial right-to-bear-arms unconstitutional Whether Article 42.013 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure contravenes Apprendi v. New Jersey by requiring judges, not juries, to make family-viol…
19-6791 Bryan Lamon Burnett v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit 8th-circuit appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines Should this court grant certiorari to resolve the conflict between the circuit courts of appeal in the application of United States Sentencing Guideli…
19-6757 Jamal Bowens v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-6722 Robin Leach, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-25 Denied IFP 18-usc-922 constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession firearms legal-status mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Did the Petitioner know that finding mens-rea of knowing in a gun or firearm statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1)
19-6569 Keyon W. Carraway v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether there is a reasonable probability that the court of appeals would conclude that Rehaif v. United States requires knowledge of a firearm's inte…
19-6517 Lynden Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-566 Devan Pierson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-10-30 GVR 922(g)-felon-in-possession criminal-procedure direct-appeal firearm-possession first-step-act first-step-act-2018 rehaif rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing status-based-possession statutory-interpretation Whether a sentence is 'imposed' within the meaning of §401(c) of the First Step Act when it is first issued by the district court, or when it becomes …
19-6420 Christopher Mark Heath v. United States Third Circuit 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-law criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the mere presence of a firearm at the scene of a drug trafficking offense constitutes possession of the firearm 'in furtherance of' the conspi…
19-6320 Nalen Pierre Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession legal-status mens-rea plain-error reasonable-doubt rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-6249 Michael Terrill Faircloth v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 affirmative-defense circuit-split criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession innocent-possession safe-streets-act transitory-possession Whether a felon may assert an affirmative defense of innocent, transitory possession when charged as a felon-in-possession of a firearm under § 922(g)…
19-6178 Jose Bryan Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-426 Pennsylvania v. Michael J. Hicks Pennsylvania 2019-10-01 Denied Amici (1) 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-analysis due-process element-or-defense-test firearm-possession innocent-scenarios law-enforcement police-officer police-stop reasonable-suspicion stop totality-of-circumstances Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision is contrary to SCOTUS precedent on reasonable suspicion analysis
19-6119 Masnik Sainmelus v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court firearm-possession firearms guideline-enhancement guideline-range sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-2k2.1 Whether the district court erred in increasing the appellant's guideline range by finding the offense involved 8-24 firearms under U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(b)(1…
19-5699 Robert Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-5654 Shederro Lemarc Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-5330 Maurice Montrae Parks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-26 GVR IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-validity criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a new trial is warranted where the District Court failed to instruct the jury on a crucial element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
19-5272 Pereneal Kizzee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeals criminal-procedure-error-correction criminal-sentencing federal-appeals federal-law felony-offense fifth-circuit firearm-possession guidelines-enhancement judicial-discretion judicial-integrity plain-error plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it refused to exercise its discretion to correct the forfeited error that seriously affected the f…
19-5176 Ernest L. Chambliss v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense evidence felon-in-possession firearm-possession jury-instructions standing Whether a defendant who has been charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon is entitled to an entrapment instruction when the evidence dem…
19-5025 Isaac Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute firearm-possession firearms rehaif rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether the Court should grant the petition, vacate the judgment, and remand for further proceedings on Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) conviction …
18-9726 Lorenzo Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-19 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea prior-occasion recent-past state-lines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
18-9444 Gregory Greer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-28 GVR IFP 922(g) 924(a)(2) commerce-clause congressional-authority criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez whether-congress-may-criminalize-intrastate-firearm-possession
18-9086 Roel Daniel Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession felony firearm-possession hypothetical-facts misdemeanor misdemeanor-predicate predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sixth-amendment united-states-sentencing-guidelines Whether the four-level enhancement for possessing a firearm in connection with another felony offense pursuant to U.S.S.G. §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) applies whe…
18-8988 Airrington L. Sykes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry due-process firearm-possession fourth-amendment law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion terry-stop Whether law enforcement can presume any concealed carry of a firearm is unlawful and conduct a Terry stop when the state statute does not criminalize …
18-8842 Michael Demon Nixon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law-922g firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea plain-error-review plea-agreement statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
18-8739 Armando Lopez v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-04-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ammunition burden-of-proof burden-shifting constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-possession unauthorized-possession Does the Due Process Clause permit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to shift the burden to criminal defendants charged with unauthorized possession o…
18-8456 Roberto Miramontes Roman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP 18-USC-924(c)(1)(A) acquittal conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy Double-Jeopardy-Clause drug-trafficking due-process federal-prosecution Firearm-Possession firearm-statute Prosecution state-court-acquittal state-federal-prosecution statutory-interpretation Did it violate the Double Jeopardy Clause for the United States to prosecute Mr. Roman for the same offense and conduct for which he was acquitted in …
18-7609 Merlin Alston v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 18-usc-926b criminal-law-enforcement-officer-exemption criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the conviction of a local police officer, required to carry a service pistol when off duty, excluded from prosecution for violating 18 U.S.C. 924(c…
18-7393 Rodrigo Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process firearm-enhancement firearm-possession guidelines-interpretation sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-enhancement stare-decisis Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's application of the firearm enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1) without requirin…
18-7352 Giovanni Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-7195 Eduardo Gomez v. Illinois Illinois 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-jurisprudence criminal-activity firearm-possession investigatory-seizure police-powers reasonable-suspicion Does suspected possession of a firearm, on its own, provide a police officer with reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to justify an investigator…
18-7152 Yosnel Bonet v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-power federal-prosecution firearm-possession firearms intrastate intrastate-commerce legal-authority possession second-amendment standing supreme-court-review Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-7123 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession firearms legal-knowledge mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924 require the government to prove a criminal defendant's mens rea as to each substantive element of the enumerated s…
18-7071 Chad Preston Brewer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition statute
18-6917 Rodolfo Portela v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal competency-hearing conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking evidence-suppression firearm-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the district court erred in finding sufficient evidence of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance
18-6563 Jesus R. Gonzalez-Negron v. United States First Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process factual-basis firearm-possession firearms guilty-plea machine-gun-possession plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation Is evidence of a loaded machine gun and drugs within a person's residence an adequate factual basis to support a guilty plea to possession of a firear…
18-574 Joseph Rachal v. United States First Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment bifurcated-trial bifurcation criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-prejudice prejudice prejudicial-evidence Is it unduly prejudicial for a jury to be exposed to the toxic evidence that the defendant is a convicted felon before even determining whether the de…
18-6265 Samuel Silva v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidence-prejudice federal-firearms federal-rule-403 federal-rules-of-evidence felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-possession jury-instruction jury-instructions prejudice prejudicial-evidence probative-value rule-403 Whether the practice of telling juries in a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prosecution that the defendant is a previously-convicted felon should be excluded un…
18-6282 Iseal Dixon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-firearms-law firearm-possession intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-6169 Tracy L. Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)-statute conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process firearm-possession informant-testimony law-enforcement-conduct mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether a defendant should be subject to a mandatory 25 year consecutive 924(c) sentence for the same drug Conspiracy
18-6073 Tramain Deon Price v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm statute
18-5762 Pedro Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-5612 Detrick C. Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability elements-clause firearm-possession florida-felony-battery florida-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously denied Mr. Smith a certificate of appealability
18-191 John Cassidy v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2018-08-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearm-possession heller home-firearm-rights home-possession intermediate-scrutiny interstate-firearm-transfer mcdonald presumptively-lawful-restrictions scrutiny-standard second-amendment state-restrictions strict-scrutiny What level of scrutiny should be used in reviewing statutes that punish possession of lawfully acquired arms kept in the home?
18-5593 Maurice Mitchell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-enhancement felony-offense firearm-possession preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard second-amendment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement-2k2.1-b-6-b ussg-2k2.1 Whether the District Court committed error by failing to sustain the defense objection to the four-level enhancement of the sentence under USSG sectio…
18-5363 Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any tim…
18-5314 Shannon Dale Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing criminal-statute firearm firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) criminalize the defendant's subjective intent or the firearm's objective potential?
18-5074 Clifton McLean, aka Little Clif v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 922(g)(1) 924(c) crimes-of-violence due-process entrapment firearm-possession hobbs-act interstate-commerce Did the trial court unconstitutionally deny Petitioner's request for an entrapment instruction?