firearm-statute
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6627 | Gerald Blaise II v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2026-01-20 | Pending | IFP | appellate-waiver civil-rights-restoration felony-possession firearm-statute guilty-plea mens-rea | 1. Whether a defendant previously convicted of a felony offense violates 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2) when, at the time that he possesses a fire… |
| 25-6169 | Elias Xavier Rosario Torres v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-11-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure firearm-statute mandatory-minimum mens-rea statutory-interpretation | A person who is convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, but who… |
| 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… |
| 24A353 | Ladonta A. Tucker v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2024-10-15 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split criminal-law firearm-statute sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation weapon-possession | Whether the 'in relation to' element of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires more than a mere potential to facilitate a crime of violence when a firearm is car… | |
| 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 | |
| 22-6527 | William Langley, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-01-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 924(c) constitutional-challenge conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process factual-innocence firearm-statute guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation | Should the court find petitioner's conviction for '924(c) et al. unconstitutional |
| 21-7835 | Michael Perryman v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-05-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law due-process firearm-statute firearms legal-interpretation precedent precedential-reasoning sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether the mere-possession reasoning in Bailey and Bousley retain precedential value in regard to 'use' of a firearm under the amended Section 924(c)… |
| 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… |
| 21-5829 | Amar Taylor v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-09-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c 2nd-amendment crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process firearm-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis | Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) remains valid in light of United Sta… |
| 20-6788 | Brian Gene McCoy v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-01-08 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law federal-crime-of-violence felony-definition firearm-statute person-of-another prenatal-conduct reckless-conduct statutory-interpretation voluntary-manslaughter | Whether federal voluntary manslaughter qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) |
| 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… |
| 20-572 | 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 |
| 19-6496 | David Elijah Smith v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-11-05 | GVR | IFP | apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-statute haymond-v-united-states mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum | Did the petitioner's sentence for 18 U.S.C. 922(g) violate the statutory maximum? |
| 19-5105 | Rudy Espudo v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-justice criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-statute firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense | Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u… |
| 18-8456 | Roberto Miramontes Roman v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2019-03-19 | Denied | IFP | 18-USC-924(c)(1)(A) acquittal conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy Double-Jeopardy-Clause drug-trafficking due-process federal-prosecution Firearm-Possession firearm-statute Prosecution state-court-acquittal state-federal-prosecution statutory-interpretation | Did it violate the Double Jeopardy Clause for the United States to prosecute Mr. Roman for the same offense and conduct for which he was acquitted in … |