felon-rights
11 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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… |
| 25-5388 | Kevin Paul Cantu v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-08-18 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-law eighth-circuit felon-rights firearms-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… |
| 24-7075 | Christopher E. Barnes v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-04-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent second-amendment | Whether convicted felons retain Second Amendment rights under the Court's interpretation of 'the people' in Heller, and whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1)… |
| 24-6782 | Aaron Christopher Lindsey v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-03-17 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-law eighth-circuit felon-rights firearms-possession statutory-interpretation | 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 |
| 24-6507 | Deonta Lowe v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-02-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent law-abiding-citizens second-amendment supreme-court-precedent | Whether convicted felons have Second Amendment rights based on Supreme Court precedent interpreting 'the people' and 'law-abiding citizens' |
| 24-6476 | Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-02-05 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-validity felon-rights firearms-possession 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 |
| 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)) |
| 22-6314 | 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)) |