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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…
25-6729 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,…
25-6652 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…
25-6594 William James Forbis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearms-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…
25A792 Anthony A. Browne v. Kimberly Reynolds, in Her Official Capacity as Governor of Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit 2026-01-08 Application clemency felony-conviction firearm-rights fourteenth-amendment restoration-of-rights second-amendment 1. Iowa Code § 914.7 (2025) entitled "Rights not restorable" infringes the Petitioner's right to keep and bear arms enshrined by the Second and Fourte…
25-6401 Frankie Centeno v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure felony-conviction gun-rights second-amendment supervised-release 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with theSecond Amendment, the federal…
25A595 Katy Elizabeth Kabha v. Texas Texas 2025-11-20 Application certiorari extension-of-time felony-conviction judicial-efficiency newly-discovered-evidence pro-se Whether a pro se petitioner's request for a 60-day extension to file a certiorari petition should be granted based on pending state-court motions and …
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,…
25-6129 Paul Williams, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearms-rights gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, on its face or as applied to Petitioner, because the Se…
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…
25-6107 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,…
25-6064 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,…
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,…
25-5916 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…
25-5820 Kevin Deane Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge conditional-pardon felony-conviction firearms-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…
25-5731 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 Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment and whether the statute's lifetime ban on fire…
25-5716 Jesus Meraz-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b…
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,…
25-5667 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,…
25-5658 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,…
25-5655 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,…
25-5627 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,…
25-5626 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 Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of any felony offense violates the Second …
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,…
25-5614 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,…
25-5607 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 Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment and whether the statute's lifetime ban on fire…
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,…
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,…
25-5599 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,…
25-5597 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,…
25-5514 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) prohibiting firearm possession for individuals with prior felony convictions complies with the Second Amendment
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,…
25-5481 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 Whether a federal law banning firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions is consistent with the Second Amendment and Congress's c…
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,…
25-5441 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,…
25-5439 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,…
25-5438 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,…
25-5437 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,…
25-5434 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,…
25-5433 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,…
25-5424 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,…
25-5417 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,…
25-5382 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 any felony violates the Second Amendmen…
25-5365 Omar Alonso Pazos-Montes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b…
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 Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of any felony offense violates the Second …
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 Whether a federal law banning firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions is consistent with the Second Amendment and Congress's c…
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,…
25-5208 Jessie Bullock v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-statute felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment self-defense Whether a lifetime firearm prohibition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment for individuals with decades-old felony convictions s…
25-5141 Dedric Mayfield v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment sixth-amendment Whether the Second Amendment allows lifetime firearm prohibition for individuals with prior felony convictions and whether a district court's requirem…
25-5093 Hector Manuel Nunez-Cardenas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b…
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…
24-7508 Curtis Dwayne Medrano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Relisted (6)IFP appellate-review felony-conviction firearms-possession judicial-discretion second-amendment sentencing-guidelines Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment as applied to a defendant with prior felony convictions, and whether appellate courts …
24-7432 Eleazar Diaz-Balleza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b…
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,…
24-7264 Michael Lee Sharpe v. Texas Texas 2025-05-21 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation felony-conviction firearms-possession individual-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment guarantees an individual who has been convicted of a felony offense the unencumbered right to possess firearms
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
24-6967 Robert Lee Crider v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-04-10 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims ex-post-facto felony-conviction habitual-criminal subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Fifth Circuit abuse its discretion in denying Crider's Certificate of Appealability (COA) by misunderstanding his constitutional claims and ap…
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
24-6627 Anthony Washington v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment Whether a person previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment
24-6487 Kareem Reaves v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment Whether a person previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment
24-6301 Deion Shawn Hester v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment Whether a person previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment
24-5571 Bakari Abdul Brown v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure felony-conviction ineffective-assistance stipulation Whether a circuit split exists regarding the ineffective assistance of counsel standard for stipulating to a defendant's prior felony conviction
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
24-5391 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…
24-5315 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
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)
23-7421 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)
23-7419 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)
23-7288 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…
23-6750 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?
23-683 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…
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
23-374 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
23-5314 Joe Crawford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency felony-conviction jury-instructions mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-standard réhaif-v-united-states Whether the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction when the government fails to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner knew or…
22-6354 Thomas J. McNulty v. Rose Olivo, et al. Florida 2022-12-20 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process estate-law felony-conviction felony-disenfranchisement first-amendment inheritance pro-se-litigation probate-procedure standing Whether a lawful sole heir/beneficiary to an interstate estate, who is a convicted felon, awaiting the appointment of a personal representative, would…
21-8125 Carlos Montano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP boykin-standard change-of-plea-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction ninth-circuit plea-bargaining plea-hearing substance-abuse did-the-ninth-circuit-overlook-boykin-and-its-progeny
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
21-97 Anne Georges Telasco v. The Florida Bar Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-procedure defamation due-process ex-parte-judgment false-criminal-report felony-conviction florida-bar free-speech sovereign-immunity standing Whether Sovereign Immunity is inapplicable to Telasco's Defamation Action
20-8354 Lewis Wesley Hickman, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process evidence-challenge felony-conviction judicial-review mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining sentencing-disparities sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines Whether the sentencing enhancements were properly applied
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 …
20-7006 Jacquere Doran, aka Jacare Gorman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level controlled-substance criminal-sentencing district-court-error enhancement felony-conviction felony-enhancement marijuana-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines Did the District Court err in treating Mr. Doran's prior California conviction for sale of marijuana as a felony conviction and using it to enhance hi…
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…
20-5363 Reginald Jones v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-08-14 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction firearm jury-trial jury-unanimity obstruction-of-justice ramos-precedent ramos-v-louisiana Whether the Petitioner is entitled to be released from prison due to the State's failure to prove guilt by a unanimous jury verdict as required by Ram…
19-7878 Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-classification criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing felony-conviction mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-federal-interaction state-federal-law statutory-interpretation Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a 'prior conviction for a felony drug offense,' increasing defendant's mandatory m…
19-287 Jorge L. Medina v. William P. Barr, Attorney General District of Columbia 2019-09-04 Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights false-statement felony-conviction felony-firearm-dispossession firearm-dispossession lending-institution second-amendment second-amendment-rights Whether the Second Amendment secures Jorge Medina's right to possess arms, notwithstanding his conviction for making a false statement to a lending in…
18-9231 Matthew Leachman v. Texas Texas 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation continuing-jeopardy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-conviction indictment indictment-strategy retrial retrial-rights Whether a State may break the original indictment into discrete pieces to obtain multiple trials in a retrial comprising 'continuing jeopardy' where t…
18-7632 Abraham Grant v. Wendy Kelly, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-conviction habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion speedy-trial standing state-court-decision Whether the state court's denial of a motion to dismiss a felony charge that was never prosecuted violates the petitioner's due process rights
18-6912 Bryant Lamar Monie v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-conviction persistent-felony-offender sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Defendant's Kentucky Drug trafficking conviction fulfills the conviction requirement under the Federal Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)?
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…
18-5647 Jeremy R. Mares v. Illinois Illinois 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review constitutional-representation conviction criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process felony-conviction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel property-recovery right-to-counsel sentence summary-motion Whether counsel appointed in a direct appeal from a felony conviction provides constitutionally sufficient representation where he files an unopposed …