felon-in-possession
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6771 | Kionnataya Shevil Reed v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-02-10 | Pending | IFP | bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment | Does the lifetime criminalization of any convicted felon's possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment? |
| 25-6750 | Shawn Thomas Johnson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-02-06 | Pending | IFP | as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-ban fourth-circuit | Petitioner Shawn Johnson was a felon only because of his nonviolent offenses of manufacturing and uttering counterfeit United States currency. After b… |
| 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… |
| 25-6479 | Leontis Cornelius v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2026-01-05 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-recklessness felon-in-possession jury-trial self-defense sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment | 1.When the government seeks to aggravate the sentence of a felon in possession of a firearm (18 USC § 922 [g]) contending that he violated a State c… |
| 25-6469 | Charles Grim Rudolph v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-01-02 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-firearms-offense dominion-and-control felon-in-possession reasonable-doubt | In a prosecution for knowing possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, does the government satisfy its burden of proof beyond a rea… |
| 25A728 | Alvaro Alejandro Mancilla v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-12-19 | Application | bruen-standard categorical-disarmament felon-in-possession gun-rights individualized-assessment second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment permits the government to categorically disarm individuals convicted of non-violent drug trafficking felonies under 18 U.… | |
| 25-6407 | Bryan Everal Pittman v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-18 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 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… |
| 25-6371 | Bobby Dale Simmons v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment—either on its face or as a… |
| 25-6375 | Eddie White, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment —either on its face or as … |
| 25-6309 | Melquan Thawney v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-12-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s categorial ban on the possession of firearms by felons is unconstitutional. |
| 25-6311 | Christopher Smith v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-12-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-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… |
| 25-5999 | Eric Dennard Parker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-10-30 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 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… |
| 25A444 | Bernard Kentrell Breeland, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-10-17 | Application | bruen-framework confrontation-clause criminal-procedure felon-in-possession lay-opinion-testimony second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of the Supreme Court's recent Second Amendment jurispru… | |
| 25-5858 | Robert Peck, Jr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-10-10 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | exclusionary-rule felon-in-possession fourth-amendment good-faith-exception marijuana-conviction second-amendment | Does 18 U. S. C. §922(g)(l) violate the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm based… |
| 25-5758 | Jerry Otis Moore v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comply with the text and historical tradition of the Second Amendment in permanently disarming all felons, regardless of of… |
| 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… |
| 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 | |
| 25-5467 | Patrick Lee Adams v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-08-26 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment. |
| 25A123 | Steven Duarte v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-07-29 | Presumed Complete | bruen-framework felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition historical-tradition nonviolent-offender second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment permits a categorical prohibition on firearm possession for nonviolent felons who have completed their sentences, without… | |
| 25A91 | William Collins, III v. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2025-07-23 | Presumed Complete | as-applied-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-regulation gun-rights second-amendment self-defense | Question not identified. | |
| 25-5027 | Gregory Stevens v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 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… |
| 24-7528 | John A. Sam v. United States | First Circuit | 2025-06-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-ban second-amendment | Whether the application of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) to a convicted felon plainly violates the Second Amendment |
| 24-6984 | Tyrone Woodson v. Florida | Florida | 2025-04-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment state-law | Does a state law prohibiting firearm possession by felons violate the Second Amendment when applied to an individual with no violent felony conviction… |
| 24-6897 | Joshua Michael Faust v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-03-31 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is invariably constitutional both facially and as applied to any defendant, no matter the case-specific circumstances |
| 24-6823 | Thomas Caves v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-03-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-review criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-statute plain-error second-circuit | Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred by applying its plain error standard to affirm a judgment of conviction for fe… |
| 24-968 | Diontai Moore v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-03-11 | Denied | as-applied-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release | Whether courts should analyze as-applied Second Amendment challenges to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) by examining whether historical tradition supports perman… | |
| 24-6729 | Justin Lang Williams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-03-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acceptance-of-responsibility drug-offense felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment sentencing-guidelines | Whether section 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban for possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner? |
| 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 |
| 24-6299 | Anthony Fisher v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-conviction deferred-judgment felon-in-possession firearms-restriction mens-rea statutory-interpretation | Whether the Panel's decision conflicted with Rehaif v. United States by affirming a conviction without evidence that the defendant knew a deferred jud… |
| 24-6262 | Darris Lamar Mull v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights due-process felon-in-possession firearm-ban historical-tradition second-amendment | Whether a lifetime federal firearm ban for felons violates a defendant's Second Amendment rights when the government cannot demonstrate a historical t… |
| 24A620 | Narey Perez-Quibus v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-12-20 | Presumed Complete | bruen-standard constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation rahimi-exception second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s prohibition on firearm possession by felons remains constitutional after New York State Rifle & Pistol Asso'c v. Bruen… | |
| 24A443 | Deion Shawn Hester v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-11-04 | Presumed Complete | bruen commerce-clause felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment when applied to a felon's possession of a firearm, based on the text-and-… | |
| 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… |
| 24-5690 | 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 |
| 24-5343 | Victor Darnell Berry v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-08-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-right-to-defense conviction-set-aside criminal-procedure felon-in-possession knowledge-element youth-rehabilitation-act | Whether a conviction set aside precludes a felon in possession of a firearm charge and whether a defendant can testify about their understanding of a … |
| 24-5328 | Aaron Christopher Lindsey v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-08-15 | GVR | IFP | bruen-standard constitutional-challenge eighth-circuit felon-in-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to a specific defendant under recent Second Amendment jurisprudence |
| 24A120 | Matthew Peddicord v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-08-01 | Presumed Complete | criminal-evidence evidence-404b felon-in-possession knowledge-inference prior-conviction propensity-reasoning | Whether the admission of a prior felony conviction under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) for propensity purposes violates a defendant's due process ri… | |
| 24-5151 | Tyrone Scott Cameron v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-07-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment bruen-decision constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearms-regulation new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment united-states-v-jackson united-states-v-rahimi | Petitioner's conviction violates his Second Amendment rights to bear arms and possess ammunition as expanded by the Court in New York State Rifle & Pi… |
| 24A71 | Travis Adam Brown v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-22 | Presumed Complete | ammunition-charge criminal-conviction felon-in-possession fifth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing | Whether a felon's guilty plea to possessing ammunition precludes subsequent constitutional challenges to the underlying conviction or sentence | |
| 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 |
| 23A1068 | Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-05-30 | Presumed Complete | bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-regulation prior-precedent second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s prohibition on firearm possession by convicted felons remains constitutional after New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc… | |
| 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 | |
| 23A1037 | Joshua Willis v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2024-05-21 | Presumed Complete | criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutionally overbroad as applied to felons who do not pose a demonstrable risk to public safety | |
| 23A893 | Maurice Farris v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2024-04-08 | Presumed Complete | certiorari-extension criminal-conviction felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition second-amendment supreme-court-review | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutionally overbroad or violates a defendant's Second Amendment rights in its prohibition of firearm possessi… | |
| 23-6950 | Lawrence Guerain Fleming v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guideline-interpretation judicial-interpretation obstruction-of-justice pre-investigation-conduct sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines | Can the sentencing guideline be applied to the defendant's conduct, which occurred before any justice was being administered and before any investigat… |
| 23A830 | Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2024-03-11 | Presumed Complete | certiorari-petition criminal-conviction felon-in-possession firearm-statute supreme-court-review tenth-circuit | Whether a conviction for felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(c)(1) is constitutionally valid or requires further judicial review | |
| 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 |
| 23-6602 | Sylvester Cunningham v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-01-29 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge bruen circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felon-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied |
| 23A544 | Patrick Aboite v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-12-14 | Presumed Complete | 18-U.S.C.-922(g) appellate-review criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession firearm-offense sentencing-enhancement | Whether a federal sentencing enhancement for a felon in possession of a firearm was properly applied and whether the resulting sentence was reasonable… | |
| 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 |
| 23-5639 | 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? |
| 23-5583 | Fernando Lopez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-09-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | crime-of-violence double-counting felon-in-possession fifth-amendment preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard relevant-conduct sentencing sixth-amendment | Whether alleged possession of a different gun 17 months after Mr. Lopez's charged felon-in-possession offense constituted relevant-conduct |
| 23A140 | Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range | Third Circuit | 2023-08-17 | Presumed Complete | 18-USC-922g constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess firearms notwithstanding a prior conviction for a non-violent felony-equivalent… | |
| 23-5360 | Gregory Lynn McCoy v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-08-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition individual-rights lifetime-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether the felon-in-possession of a firearm statute, which did not exist in 1791, and which applies to all felonies and provides for a life-time ban,… |
| 23-5263 | Steven Dewayne Wilson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process felon-in-possession felons gun-rights individual-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 Unites States Code section 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face because it infringes on a felon's individual right to keep and bear ar… |
| 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… |
| 23-5059 | Savon Hardaway v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-07-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guilty-plea harmless-error mens-rea plea-agreement rehaif-advisement rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-error | Whether Mr. Hardaway made a sufficient showing that if he had been properly advised, there is a reasonable probability that he would not have pleaded … |
| 22-7276 | Antonio Demond Baker v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-04-13 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits felon-in-possession police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6793 | Robert Loya, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-02-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-possession drug-trafficking evidence felon-in-possession gang-affiliation intent-to-distribute sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence | Is there insufficient evidence to warrant a finding of guilty for Count 1: possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine over 50 grams and Coun… |
| 22-6423 | Michael Deshawn Homer v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-12-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms police-power | Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6315 | Iklas Richard Davis v. United States | Third Circuit | 2022-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federalism felon-in-possession rehaif-v-united-states scienter supreme-court-precedent | Does the Third Circuit's presumption that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) defendants knew of their prohibiting status conflict with Rehaif? |
| 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)) |
| 22-5876 | Surprise Emmanuel Carter v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-10-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bond-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-authority felon-in-possession felon-possession national-federation-v-sebelius police-power statutory-interpretation substantial-effect | Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-5751 | Mark Ryan Shipley, aka Marc R. Shipley, aka Marc Ryan Shipley v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-10-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif statutory-interpretation | Does the knowingly element apply to U.S.C. §921(a)(20)? |
| 22-5104 | Nakia Adams v. United States | Third Circuit | 2022-07-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession indictment speedy-trial third-circuit | Did the Third Circuit err by not dismissing Mr. Adams' indictment on speedy-trial-grounds and/or the Government's failure to prove that he is a felon-… |
| 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? |
| 21-8060 | Darrell Cordell Williams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-06-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits federal-power felon-in-possession firearms-regulation police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 21-7832 | Daniel Casamayor v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-05-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-indictment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute indictment knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if Casamayor's indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm is valid in light of Rehaif… |
| 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-… |
| 21-6852 | Joedon Bradley v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | assets constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process employment-history felon-in-possession firearms in-forma-pauperis indigence monthly-income second-amendment support-obligations | Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 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 |
| 21-6769 | Luke Joseph Burning Breast v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-01-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-921(a)(20) 18-usc-922(g) civil-rights-restoration criminal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm firearm-components interstate-commerce rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | Can the government establish the interstate commerce element in a § 922(g) prosecution by showing that a single interchangeable part of a firearm trav… |
| 21-6754 | Chad Mink v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-01-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-prosecution eighth-circuit false-statement felon-in-possession procedural-jurisdiction venue waiver-rule | Question not identified |
| 21-6514 | Jorge Hernandez Rivera v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-12-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-of-crime felon-in-possession firearm-offense information-defect second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Whether an information is defective for failing to state the proper elements for the crime of felon in possession of a firearm |
| 21-6210 | Tony Bowen v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-11-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-waiver armed-career-criminal-act conviction-counting felon-in-possession sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-maximum | Whether the maximum penalty is 10 years or life when a defendant pleads guilty to felon-in-possession and waives appeal rights except for exceeding st… |
| 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 |
| 21-5505 | Maurice Lamont Davis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-08-26 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach demand-for-certainty felon-in-possession felon-status intent-element state-law-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence | Whether a defendant's trial stipulation that he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm is sufficient evidence that he knew of his status at th… |
| 21-5425 | Jay J. Sawatzky v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-08-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession first-amendment judicial-discretion racist-paraphernalia racist-views sentencing sentencing-variance upward-variance | Whether a sentencing judge may impose an upward variance on a defendant convicted of possessing firearms and ammunition as a felon, based on that defe… |
| 21-5230 | Maurice Stewart v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-07-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split felon-in-possession knowledge-of-status plain-error-review protective-sweep rehaif-v-united-states | Whether a circuit court of appeals errs in relying on a petitioner's stipulation of prior felony conviction to infer the petitioner had knowledge of h… |
| 21-5062 | Ricardo Burgos v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights-restoration criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing felon-in-possession plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states | Whether the district court erred in refusing to grant an evidentiary hearing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 where the defendant asserted he did not know he wa… |
| 20-8440 | Jerry Douglas, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-06-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure federal-question felon-in-possession felon-possession jury-instruction justification-defense minor-child-safety minor-protection second-amendment | Is a defendant entitled to a justification jury instruction on a charge of possession of ammunition in commerce by a felon when the defendant is actin… |
| 20-8111 | Taariq Kaaleeq Jackson-Bey v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-05-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-waiver constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing felon-in-possession guilty-plea henderson-v-united-states judicial-review liberty-review notice post-conviction-relief | Whether the petitioner's guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) was not knowingly and intelligently made… |
| 20-8071 | Delson Marc v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-05-19 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms mens-rea rehaif-standard statutory-interpretation | Whether a defendant's conviction under 18 U.S.C. §922(g) may be affirmed even though the indictment did not charge, and the government did not prove, … |
| 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… |
| 20-7859 | Denver Lee v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-04-28 | Denied | IFP | 6th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-sufficiency due-process felon-in-possession jury-finding jury-trial knowledge-of-status old-chief-stipulation plain-error rehaif substantial-rights | Whether, when applying plain-error review based on the Court's intervening decision in Rehaif, a circuit court of appeals errs in relying on a petitio… |
| 20-7761 | Andrew Indelicato Peterson v. S. Butler, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2021-04-14 | Denied | IFP | conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements evidence-admissibility felon-in-possession knowledge-of-status plea-agreement prior-conviction prior-misconduct sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether a defendant who has not served over a year in prison can assume his prior conviction was vacated for purposes of a felon-in-possession charge |
| 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 |
| 20-7686 | Lonnie Alonzo Howard v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-04-07 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act circuit-court criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency felon-in-possession plain-error sufficiency-of-evidence trial-record | Whether this case should be held pending Greer v. United States |
| 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 … |
| 20-7394 | Joaquin Ramos De La Cruz v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-03-09 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split divisibility felon-in-possession guilty-plea knowledge-requirement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation structural-error | Is it structural error when a defendant pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon without being advised that one element is knowledge of his s… |
| 20-7145 | Rasheik Amond Harris v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-02-12 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-offense jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error | Whether a defendant who was found guilty after a jury trial to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g), is automatically ent… |
| 20-7120 | Alfred Montgomery,III v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-02-11 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-statute-interpretation felon-in-possession generic-burglary plain-error rehaif sentencing-enhancement state-burglary-offense | Whether a state burglary offense is categorically broader than generic burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 20-7072 | Jean Denis Paul v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-02-09 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | circuit-court double-jeopardy fairness-integrity felon-in-possession plain-error plain-error-review rehaif revocation substantial-rights supervised-release supreme-court-decision trial-record | Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters… |
| 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… |
| 20-6791 | Alvin Christopher Penn v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-01-08 | Denied | IFP | affirmative-defense commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law felon-in-possession interstate-commerce minimal-nexus united-states-v-bailey united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-scarborough | Whether United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), compels overruling Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977) |
| 20-6811 | Jesus Eder Moreno Ornelas v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-01-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | attempted-murder due-process felon-in-possession firearms jury plain-error-review rehaif-standard sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment | Whether a sentence may be enhanced for an offense tried to but not found by the jury |
| 20-6781 | Bernard Moore v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-01-05 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felon-status jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing substantial-rights | Whether the courts of appeals may consider the entire record, including a presentence report, in determining if the defendant's substantial rights wer… |
| 20-6572 | Deshawn Legrier v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-12-09 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-consideration felon-in-possession judicial-proceedings jury-instructions plain-error-review rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence trial-record | Whether an appellate court can consider evidence outside the trial record to conclude that a Rehaif-based error did not seriously affect the fairness,… |
| 20-6585 | Bernard Moore v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-12-09 | Dismissed | IFP | appellate-review circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession fifth-amendment jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights | Whether courts of appeals may consider the entire record, including a presentence report, in determining if the defendant's substantial rights were af… |
| 20-6569 | Quincey Frye v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-12-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | appellate-review felon-in-possession judicial-proceedings jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error rehaif-v-united-states second-circuit trial-record | Should the Court of Appeals have looked beyond the trial record to Frye's presentence investigation report to decide that there was no plain error tha… |
| 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… |
| 20-6305 | Roosevelt Leon Cooper v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-11-13 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute guilty-plea plain-error sentencing sentencing-error | 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… |
| 20-6291 | Christopher Stacy v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-11-12 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-statute guilty-plea mens-rea plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines | 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… |
| 20-6212 | Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-11-05 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation | Whether a defendant's conviction for felon-in-possession can be affirmed despite failure to prove knowledge of prohibited status |
| 20-572 | James R. Young v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-10-30 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-review criminal-law criminal-penalties felon-in-possession felony-possession firearm-statute firearms habeas-corpus interstate-commerce retroactivity | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires proof of a defendant's knowledge of their felon status or the firearm's interstate commerce connection |
| 20-6165 | James Edward Sandford, III v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-10-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance plain-error-rule rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states second-circuit sixth-amendment | Should the Court grant certiorari to resolve the Circuit split regarding the plain error rule between the Second and Fourth Circuits as it applies to … |
| 20-6131 | Deandre M. Smith v. Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 2020-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review corroboration demonstrative-evidence due-process felon-in-possession recanted-statements | Whether a state appellate court's revision of procedural historical facts contrary to the record, evidence, and understanding of the court and parties… |
| 20-6134 | Adam Alfredo Flores v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment criminal-history cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment felon-in-possession sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness | Was a maximum ten year sentence above the guidelines of 70 to 87 months' imprisonment for Felon in Possession of a Firearm substantively unreasonable,… |
| 20-5949 | Timmy Scott v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-10-08 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | criminal-indictment criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession indictment jury-instructions mens-rea prohibited-status rehaif rehaif-challenge | Whether Rehaif's mens rea requirement is limited to whether or not the defendant knew he was a convicted felon alone, or whether it requires him to kn… |
| 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… |
| 20-5879 | Michael Matthew Phillips v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-10-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence felon-in-possession firearm-evidence rule-404b rules-of-evidence witness-testimony | Whether evidence that a defendant walked with a person to a public place where the other person retrieved a firearm is sufficient to show that the def… |
| 20-5578 | Steven Gerard Walker v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-02 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure federal-state-courts felon-in-possession mens-rea preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-enhancement violent-felony | Whether a sentencing judge can find facts about a defendant's prior offenses |
| 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 … |
| 20-5079 | Charles Monroe Finchum v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-07-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-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 … |
| 20-5080 | Christopher George Wiggin v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-07-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | with no evidence of defendants' conduct causing s criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-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 … |
| 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… |
| 19-7919 | Darius Latrell King v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-03-10 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-922(g) 9th-circuit-appeal bench-trial felon-in-possession knowledge-requirement prohibited-status stipulated-facts | Whether the defendant's conviction should be vacated and remanded in light of Rehaif v. United States |
| 19-7553 | Gerald Humbert v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-02-05 | Denied | IFP | 11th-circuit acca armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif sentencing serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation summary-remand | Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit should have granted COA as to whether Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug offens… |
| 19-7388 | Aaron Perez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-01-24 | Denied | IFP | actual-prosecution categorical-match categorical-overbreadth circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-sentencing felon-in-possession insufficient-evidence prior-conviction prior-felony-conviction rehaif | Whether a defendant must point to an actual state court prosecution to demonstrate a prior conviction is not a categorical match |
| 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… |
| 19-6791 | 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… |
| 19-6711 | Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-11-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 19-6684 | Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-11-19 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-922g 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-jury-trial charged-theories-of-prosecution criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process felon-in-possession jury-unanimity knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states richardson-standard richardson-v-united-states sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict uncharged-theories-of-prosecution | Does the failure to require a unanimous jury verdict on either charged or uncharged theories of prosecution violate the Sixth Amendment right to a ver… |
| 19-6405 | Ernest Vereen, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-25 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act divisible-statute due-process felon-in-possession innocent-transitory-possession record-ambiguity sentencing sentencing-court transitory-possession violent-felony | Whether a sentencing court may look to disputed facts in the record to determine whether a prior conviction qualifies as a violent felony under the Ar… |
| 19-6343 | Antoine Richmond v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-10-23 | Denied | IFP | 4th-amendment criminal-procedure felon-in-possession fourth-amendment home-entry home-privacy probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure warrantless-search | Did law enforcement's suspicion that a firearm would be found just inside the threshold of the home justify their search? |
| 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)… |
| 19-5919 | Marlon Romaine Carter v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2019-09-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constructive-possession criminal-conviction due-process felon-in-possession fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence | Whether the State of Louisiana misapplied Jackson v. Virginia sufficiency of evidence test |
| 19-5333 | Charles York Walker, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-07-25 | GVR | IFP | abuse-of-discretion case-specific-factors criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 discretion district-court district-court-discretion felon-in-possession grand-jury incorrect-assumptions opioid-crisis plea-agreement plea-bargaining policy-disagreement rehaif-standard rule-11 | Whether a district court abuses its discretion in rejecting plea agreements based on policy disagreements |
| 19-5181 | Lamar Johnson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-16 | GVR | IFP | arrest-procedure circuit-split custodial-arrest felon-in-possession fourth-amendment probable-cause rehaif-v-united-states search-incident-exception search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search | Whether a warrantless search may be upheld under the search-incident-to-arrest exception when the search precedes the arrest |
| 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… |
| 19-5037 | Gilberto Villanueva, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-02 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute descamps-v-united-states district-court-fact-finding felon-in-possession johnson-descamps-precedent johnson-v-united-states mens-rea | Should the District Court be allowed to find the facts necessary in order to qualify defendant as an Armed Career Criminal or should precedent such as… |
| 18A1368 | Ibrahim McCants v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-06-27 | Presumed Complete | controlled-substance crime-of-violence felon-in-possession motion-to-suppress sentencing-guidelines third-circuit | Whether a prior state robbery conviction qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the United States Sentencing Guidelines for purposes of sentence enh… | |
| 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 … |
| 18-9572 | William Paul Cox, Jr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-06-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-922(g)(1) 18-usc-922g county-jail criminal-evidence criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guilty-plea jail-phone-calls stored-communications-act suppression-of-evidence suppression-of-phone-calls | Whether petitioner had an enforceable claim under the Stored Communications Act |
| 18-9424 | Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation | Does the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime? |
| 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… |
| 18-9071 | Jason Moody v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-05-01 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-law firearms interstate-commerce knowledge-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(a) provides for criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of their f… |
| 18-8833 | Shea Pascal Dease v. Virginia | Virginia | 2019-04-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process elements felon-in-possession jurisdiction notice second-amendment | Can a State maintain a judgment of conviction for a crime that the defendant never served notice of the elements for? |
| 18-8616 | Parley Drew Hardman v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-03-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conclusion constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felon-in-possession index second-amendment sentencing statutory-provisions table-of-contents | Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 18-8521 | Angel Galan v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-03-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-offense ineffective-assistance obstruction-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance substantive-reasonableness upward-variance | Whether the sentencing court's upward variance from 71 months to 84 months for felon in possession of a firearm was substantively unreasonable |
| 18-8493 | Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-03-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-firearm-statute criminal-law-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms juvenile-delinquency juvenile-justice sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation youthful-offender | Whether a youthful offender conviction can be used for purposes of a felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm-and-ammunition statute |
| 18-8059 | Christopher David Simmons v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power second-amendment | Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce … |
| 18-7862 | Vincent Beatty, aka Jamaal Beatty, aka Vincent Daward Beatty, aka Mozzi v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-02-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion advisory-guidelines criminal-history criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession reasonableness reasonableness-review sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance sua-sponte upward-variance | Whether a sua sponte upward variance sentence is reasonable where the advisory Guideline range accurately reflected the defendant's conduct and prior … |
| 18-7579 | David L. Price v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-enterprise drug-conspiracy drug-distribution due-process felon-in-possession heroin-conspiracy money-laundering restitution sentencing straw-purchaser | Whether the district court erred in sentencing the petitioner to a 37-year sentence for a non-violent drug conspiracy and related offenses |
| 18-7602 | Percy Elwayne Demerson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power statutory-interpretation | Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce … |
| 18-7490 | Dan Reed v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-24 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 8th-amendment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime? |
| 18-7088 | Oscar Raul Mora v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-7061 | Francisco Reza v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-12-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-crime federal-crimes felon-in-possession firearms-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing state-misdemeanor | Did Petitioner's prior crimes qualify as Federal Crimes for enhancement? |
| 18-6994 | Cleveland McDowell Meador, IV v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-12-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | consent-search consent-to-search felon-in-possession fourth-amendment home-search police-procedure probable-cause search-and-seizure seizure supervision supervision-of-search withdrawal-consent withdrawal-of-consent | Whether police officers violate the Fourth Amendment when they obtain consent to search a person's home, then keep that person outside the home, preve… |
| 18-6771 | Johny Gardner v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-21 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-6774 | Jimmy L. Thompson v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2018-11-21 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession firearm-charges predicate-felony sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute | Whether a conviction based on a void statute can be used to increase punishment |
| 18-6705 | Richard A. Jiles v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-11-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act burglary divisibility divisible-statute felon-in-possession georgia georgia-burglary-statute predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement | Was the Eleventh Circuit correct to find that Mr. Jiles' prior burglary conviction under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-1 was a predicate offense under the ACCA, 18 … |
| 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… |
| 18-6191 | Quordalis V. Sanders v. Carlo Esqueda, Dane County Clerk of Court | Wisconsin | 2018-10-03 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process felon-in-possession free-speech mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states standing | Whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court erred in upholding the conviction of Quovadis Sanders for violating the Wisconsin statute prohibiting the possessi… |
| 18-5879 | Emory Dickson Eneh v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-09-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment | Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce … |
| 18-5882 | Daniel Vela v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-09-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce … |
| 18-5795 | Luis Antonio Ibarra v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-08-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause double-jeopardy felon-in-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea statutory-interpretation | Whether the Blockburger double jeopardy test is the sole test for double jeopardy analysis |
| 18-5525 | Jonathan E. Jouette v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-08-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach charging-instrument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-sentencing felon-in-possession fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sentencing-enhancement taylor-v-united-states | Whether application of the Taylor rule bars consideration of materials beyond the charging instrument in determining a defendant's qualification for e… |
| 18-5444 | Kenyan Deon Buchanan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-08-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause commerce-clause-limits commerce-clause-limits,criminal-law,federal-power, constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez | Whether the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-5302 | Terry Dixon v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-07-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-922 18-USC-922g 18-usc-922g1 carachuri-rosendo-v-holder crime-punishable-by-imprisonment criminal-firearm felon-in-possession prosecutorial-discretion sentencing-exposure underlying-felony | Whether the sentencing exposure for the underlying felony offense is determined by prosecutorial discretion in a felon-in-possession case |
| 18-5167 | Levar Brown v. California | California | 2018-07-06 | Denied | IFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-regulations second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation | Whether the petitioner's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. 922(g) violates the Second Amendment and due process rights |