firearm-regulation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6817 Gerald Kemondre Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending IFP constitutional-rights firearm-regulation historical-tradition machinegun-conversion second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a handgun affixed with a machinegun conversion device constitute s an "arm" under the Se cond Amendment' s plain text, thus requiring the gove…
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?
25A759 Abdullah Said Ali v. City of Portland, Oregon Oregon 2025-12-31 Application concealed-carry firearm-regulation historical-tradition loaded-weapon municipal-ordinance second-amendment Question not identified.
25-6428 Joshua A. Sottile v. City of Portland, Oregon Oregon 2025-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-challenge firearm-regulation heller-precedent public-carry second-amendment Whether a law that criminalizes carrying a loaded firearm in public, subject to exceptions raised only as affirmative defenses, violates the Second Am…
25-6055 Tamori Morgan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP arms-classification constitutional-interpretation firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment statutory-prohibition Whether a handgun and handheld pistol that fire automatically constitute "arms" under the Second Amendment's plain text, thus requiring the government…
25-296 Jake Stanley DeWilde v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulation gun-possession military-weapons second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment to the Constitution permits the government to prohibit the possession, by responsible, law-abiding Americans, of the stan…
25-184 Deamonte Law v. United States Third Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-review firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment This Court's decisions in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), require our di…
25-5339 David Keith Nutter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law firearm-regulation historical-analogues misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment 1. Whether § 922(g)(9) runs afoul of the Second Amendment, facially and as-applied, where (a) ambiguous historical regulation of generalized "dangerou…
24-7033 Aqudre Quailes v. United States Third Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge bruen-framework constitutional-interpretation firearm-regulation historical-analogues second-amendment Can a court avoid addressing under Bruen an as-applied challenge to Section 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban and corresponding punishment by looking, instead,…
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…
24-6197 Gail Manney v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-review criminal-statute firearm-regulation ninth-circuit second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) impermissibly regulates a Second Amendment protected right to firearm purchase
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…
24-5937 Randy Price v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-11-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bruen-test constitutional-interpretation en-banc-review firearm-regulation second-amendment statutory-construction Whether Second Amendment protected 'conduct' under Bruen's step one consists of more than an individual's possession or carrying of a bearable firearm
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-…
24A421 Bob Jacobson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety v. Kristin Worth, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-10-30 Presumed Complete age-restriction bruen-test firearm-regulation gun-rights historical-analogue second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment permits age-based restrictions on public firearm carry for individuals between 18 and 20 years old under the historical t…
23-7692 Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
23-7225 Leroy Hoyle v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
23-944 Jeremy W. Langley, et al. v. Brendan F. Kelly, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois State Police, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use constitutional-ban due-process firearm-regulation gun-rights heller-v-dc new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment semi-automatic-weapons supreme-court-precedent Is the State of Illinois' ban on certain semi-automatic handguns constitutional?
23-6520 Gary Von Bennett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power federal-authority federal-criminal-law firearm-regulation firearms-regulation interstate-commerce scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) requires a more substantial connection to interstate commerce
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,…
23-5111 Jacob Webster, et al. v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al. California 2023-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis criminal-prosecution facial-challenge firearm-regulation new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association-v-brue overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine second-amendment united-states-v-stevens Whether facial Second Amendment challenges require proving no set of circumstances where the statute is valid or only that a substantial number of app…
22-5748 James Atkinson v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulation home-possession licensing-law second-amendment standing subjective-standard takings Whether Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 140, § 131(f) is a proper analogue to a historical firearm regulation
21-8009 Joshua Rodney Meech v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922a6 appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process firearm-regulation huddleston-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states standing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-bailey Whether the prosecution was lawfully brought under 18 USC §922(a)(6) where the petitioner never possessed, acquired, paid for, or left a deposit for a…
21-7450 Nicholas Andrew Waldman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) permits conviction for the receipt of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, and,…
21-1160 Alfred Morin v. William Lyver, et al. First Circuit 2022-02-22 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection firearm-regulation gun-rights licensing-requirements misdemeanor-restrictions second-amendment standing state-regulation Whether a state can impose a lifetime ban on purchasing handguns against anyone who has been convicted of a nonviolent misdemeanor involving guns
20-1640 Frederick M. Weber v. Ohio Ohio 2021-05-25 Denied civil-rights constitutional-review core-rights due-process firearm-regulation home-defense home-possession judicial-standard lower-court-uncertainty second-amendment standard-of-review Whether the proper standard of constitutional review for a law that impacts the core value of the Second Amendment and the use of a firearm within the…
19-568 Jose Susumo Azano Matsura v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-30 GVR 18-usc-922 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process firearm-regulation mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness Should the Court grant review, vacate the judgment below, and remand to the Ninth Circuit based on this Court's holding in Rehaif v. United States, 13…
18-7779 Kenneth William Kirkland v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law destructive-device federal-courts federal-courts-split federal-statute firearm firearm-regulation firearms parts-possession statutory-interpretation unregistered-firearm Whether a combination of parts designed or intended for use as a bomb can qualify as a 'destructive device'
18-843 Ivan Pena, et al. v. Martin Horan, Director, California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms Ninth Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (7) 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection firearm-regulation firearm-restrictions handgun-regulation intermediate-scrutiny microstamping second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether California's 'Unsafe Handgun Act' violates the Second Amendment
18-6468 Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden Whether the Government must allege and prove a connection to interstate commerce for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
18-6222 Donte Timothy Bacon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenges class-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure de-novo district-of-colombia-v-heller federal-criminalization federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-regulation guilty-plea interstate-commerce intrastate-firearm-possession intrastate-firearm-sale plain-error second-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unconditional-guilty-plea united-states-v-lopez Whether as-applied constitutional challenges to statutes of conviction are waived by an unconditional guilty plea, and the standard of review