bruen-test
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6428 | Joshua A. Sottile v. City of Portland, Oregon | Oregon | 2025-12-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-test constitutional-challenge firearm-regulation heller-precedent public-carry second-amendment | Whether a law that criminalizes carrying a loaded firearm in public, subject to exceptions raised only as affirmative defenses, violates the Second Am… |
| 25A738 | Gerald Kemondre Taylor v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-12-22 | Application | arms-bearing-conduct bruen-test burden-of-proof historical-tradition machinegun-ban second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 25-6369 | Donnell S. Durham v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-test constitutional-scrutiny felony-ban firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment | Is the lifetime ban for possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), facially unconstitutional under New York State Rifle &… |
| 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… |
| 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… | |
| 25-5708 | Jason Ketzner v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-09-23 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | bruen-test circuit-split felony-disarmament nonviolent-offenders rahimi-precedent second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Jason Ketzner, due to prior felony convictions, regardless… |
| 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… |
| 25-5420 | 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… |
| 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 … | |
| 24-7369 | Shawn K. Bever v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-06-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-test constitutional-rights firearms-regulation law-abiding-citizen second-amendment self-defense | Whether the individual right to bear arms for self-defense guaranteed by the Second Amendment applies only to 'law-abiding citizens' who have no prior… |
| 24-1046 | Jason Wolford, et al. v. Anne E. Lopez, Attorney General of Hawaii | Ninth Circuit | 2025-04-03 | Granted | Amici (35) | bruen-test circuit-split concealed-carry private-property second-amendment text-history-tradition | Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that Hawaii may presumptively prohibit handgun carry by licensed concealed carry permit holders on private … |
| 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 |
| 24-6540 | Narey Perez-Quibus v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-02-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-test constitutional-methodology gun-rights rahimi-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether under the Second Amendment methodology set forth in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen and United States v. Rahimi, 18 U.S.C. … |
| 24-6451 | Devon Maurice Gray v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-02-03 | GVR | IFP | bruen-test constitutional-law gun-rights rahimi-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment methodology set forth in Bruen and Rahimi |
| 24A714 | Andrew Hanson, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al. | District of Columbia | 2025-01-21 | Presumed Complete | bruen-test firearms-regulation historical-analogues large-capacity-magazines second-amendment text-and-history-test | Whether the Second Amendment prohibits a state or local government from banning large-capacity magazines holding more than ten rounds based on histori… | |
| 24-5937 | Randy Price v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-11-07 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | bruen-test constitutional-interpretation en-banc-review firearm-regulation second-amendment statutory-construction | Whether Second Amendment protected 'conduct' under Bruen's step one consists of more than an individual's possession or carrying of a bearable firearm |
| 24A421 | Bob Jacobson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety v. Kristin Worth, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2024-10-30 | Presumed Complete | age-restriction bruen-test firearm-regulation gun-rights historical-analogue second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment permits age-based restrictions on public firearm carry for individuals between 18 and 20 years old under the historical t… | |
| 23A1058 | Ocean State Tactical, LLC, dba Big Bear Hunting and Fishing Supply, et al v. Rhode Island, et al. | First Circuit | 2024-05-30 | Presumed Complete | arms-regulation bruen-test historical-tradition large-capacity-magazine second-amendment self-defense | Whether a state law banning possession of firearm magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds violates the Second Amendment right to keep and be… | |
| 23-7517 | Christopher L. Wilson v. Hawaii | Hawaii | 2024-05-21 | Denied | Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP | 2nd-amendment bruen-test civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process licensing-scheme second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause | Whether the Bruen test determines when a State's criminal prosecution for carrying a handgun without a license violates the Second Amendment? |
| 23A980 | Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Madison M. Lara, et al. | Third Circuit | 2024-05-02 | Presumed Complete | age-restriction bruen-test concealed-carry firearms-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment | Whether a state law restricting firearm possession for individuals under 21 years old violates the Second Amendment under the historical tradition of … | |
| 23-6842 | Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-02-27 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 2nd-amendment bruen-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment standing | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to the defendant |
| 23-683 | Melynda Vincent v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | Tenth Circuit | 2023-12-26 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment bruen-test civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process felony-conviction felony-disarmament gun-rights non-violent-offender second-amendment standing takings | Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one 15-year-old nonviolent felony… |
| 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… | |
| 23A486 | National Association for Gun Rights, et al. v. City of Naperville, Illinois, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2023-11-29 | Presumed Complete | bruen-test common-use-test gun-ban heller-precedent second-amendment semi-automatic-firearms | Whether a state law banning certain semi-automatic firearms and magazines violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms under the Supreme … | |
| 23-5726 | John Holden v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-10-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-922 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-test constitutional-review felony-indictment firearm-prohibition material-false-statement materiality-standard second-amendment | Is the criminal prohibition on the receipt of a firearm by a person under felony indictment (18 U.S.C. § 922(n)) constitutional under the Second Amend… |