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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6677 | John Wayne Morgan, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-01-30 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 1. Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York… |
| 25-6648 | Nathan Bermea v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-01-22 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession 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 exc… |
| 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… |
| 25-6490 | Gary Crawford v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2026-01-06 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felony-regulation firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment | I. Consistent with the Second Amendment, may Congress bar all felons from possessing firearms under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), as five circuit courts have… |
| 25-6473 | Clover McGregor v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2026-01-02 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-restriction firearms-possession gun-control second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment. |
| 25-6438 | Frankie Acosta v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-12-29 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-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 e… |
| 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 … |
| 25-6371 | 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… |
| 25-6369 | Donnell S. Durham v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-test constitutional-scrutiny felony-ban firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment | Is the lifetime ban for possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), facially unconstitutional under New York State Rifle &… |
| 25-6323 | Donald Irving Hill, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-12-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-standard constitutional-rights felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 1. Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York… |
| 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… |
| 25-6309 | 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. |
| 25-6281 | Andre Michael Dubois v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional as applied to Mr. Dubois, because it … |
| 25-6027 | Deondre Lamont Bain v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-11-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 25-6026 | Martino Antwion Hill v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-11-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 25A465 | Christopher Wuchter v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-10-23 | Application | circuit-conflict constitutional-question controlled-substances criminal-justice firearms-possession second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 25-5944 | Chockie Lee Hightower v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-law federal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 25-5850 | Tremon Staley v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-10-09 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | as-applied-challenge constitutional-review felony-prohibition firearms-possession gun-rights second-amendment | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprison… |
| 25-425 | Steven Duarte v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-10-08 | Denied | Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (5) | circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession non-violent-offense second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1)'s categorical ban on the possession of firearms by felons is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant with non-violent … |
| 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… |
| 25A382 | United States v. Erik Matthew Harris | Third Circuit | 2025-10-02 | Presumed Complete | as-applied-challenge drug-users firearms-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. | |
| 25-5747 | Sidney Donnell Kimble v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-26 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession 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… |
| 25-5697 | Desmond Copeland v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 25-269 | Selim Zherka v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General | Second Circuit | 2025-09-09 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (3) | constitutional-rights criminal-conviction disarmament firearms-possession non-violent-offense second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment permits the government to disarm an American citizen because he has been convicted of a non-violent fraud offense. |
| 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. |
| 25-5421 | Jose Antonio Hernandez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-08-21 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession 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… |
| 25-5388 | 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… |
| 25-5347 | Daniel Lee Lusk, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-08-13 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear… |
| 25-5142 | Jeffrey Sredl v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2025-07-17 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | bruen-precedent common-use-doctrine firearms-possession founding-era-rights second-amendment unregistered-weapons | Whether under N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, prosecution for possession of homemade unregistered fire arms that were in common use at the t… |
| 25-5049 | DaJohn M. Hymes v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-07-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 24-1328 | United States v. Keshon Daveon Baxter | Eighth Circuit | 2025-06-30 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (2) | constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any … |
| 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 whose most serious prior felony convictions are attempted bu… |
| 24-7507 | Osmar Alexis Alvarez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-06-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear… |
| 24-1249 | United States v. Kindle Terrell Sam | Fifth Circuit | 2025-06-06 | Pending | Relisted (3) | constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any … |
| 24-1248 | United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. | Fifth Circuit | 2025-06-06 | Pending | Relisted (3) | constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any … |
| 24-1247 | United States v. La'Vance LeMarr Cooper | Eighth Circuit | 2025-06-06 | Denied | Relisted (3) | constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-statute drug-use firearms-possession second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any … |
| 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, or on a c… |
| 24-7253 | William Danta Toney v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-05-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 24-7051 | Gmerrio Underwood v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-04-22 | Denied | IFP | bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 24-6892 | Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-03-31 | GVR | IFP | commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term… |
| 24-6794 | Ismael Moises Haynes v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-03-18 | Denied | IFP | bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 24-6791 | Ladarrell C. Washington v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-03-18 | Denied | IFP | bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 24-6788 | Shannon Lamon Anderson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-03-18 | Denied | IFP | bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 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, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci… |
| 24-6729 | 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 | 1. Whether section 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban for possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner? 2. Can a district court … |
| 24-6625 | Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-02-24 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession 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… |
| 24-6623 | LaMorris Allan French v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-02-24 | Denied | IFP | bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St… |
| 24-6569 | Derrick Fitzgerald Dial v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-02-14 | GVR | IFP | constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent … |
| 24-6517 | Edell Jackson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-02-10 | Denied | IFP | as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 92 2(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term e… |
| 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, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci… |
| 24-6416 | Carlos James Meeks v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear… |
| 24-6339 | Mark Tomas Regan v. Massachusetts | Massachusetts | 2025-01-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearms-possession licensure-requirement second-amendment | 1. Whether the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment, the right guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the 14% Amendment to b… |
| 24-6290 | Brent Howard v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment | (1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the statute that prohibits firearm possession by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by i… |
| 24A676 | Mark Tomas Regan v. Massachusetts | Massachusetts | 2025-01-10 | Presumed Complete | burden-of-proof criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearms-possession second-amendment | Whether the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment; the right to be free from conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable … | |
| 24A611 | Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-12-19 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearms-possession fundamental-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Question not identified. | |
| 24-6103 | Christopher Gonzales v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-12-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law felony-prohibition firearms-possession second-amendment | 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on the possession of firearms by all felons violate the Second Amendment on its face and as applied to Go… |
| 24-6082 | Rhobashi Holmes v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-12-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | congressional-power constitutional-rights felony-restrictions firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face, because it is pe… |
| 24-5909 | Bay Travon Wilson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-11-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-possession gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex… |
| 24-5744 | Andre Michael Dubois v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-10-10 | GVR | IFP | constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent … |
| 24-5723 | Terrell Trammell v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-10-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-standard circuit-split double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms-possession second-amendment | There is a circuit split with Question I whether § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional or not pursuant to Bruen such as to impact Trammell's conviction. As … |
| 24-5576 | Jose Antonio Campos-Esqueda v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-09-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-law criminal-procedure firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear… |
| 24-5560 | Adam Sanchez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-09-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear… |
| 23-7481 | Maurice Owen Wiley v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy double-jeopardy fifth-amendment firearms firearms-possession hobbs-act | DOES THE IMPOSITION OF CONSECUTIVE PUNISHMENTS FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HOBBS ACT ROBBERY IN VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and CONSPIRACY TO POSSES… |
| 23-7304 | Michael Anthony Granado v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-04-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession music-videos relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit uncharged-offenses | The United States Sentencing Guidelines directs courts to use uncharged offenses in its calculation of a defendant's guideline range if the uncharged… |
| 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, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional as applie… |
| 23-6170 | Edell Jackson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-12-06 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex… |
| 23-455 | United States v. Litsson Antonio Perez-Gallan | Fifth Circuit | 2023-10-31 | GVR | Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge domestic-violence due-process firearms firearms-possession protective-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence protective orders, violates the Second… |
| 21-7195 | James Leon Higgins v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-02-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearms firearms-possession interstate-commerce perjury-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 20-8262 | Francisco Hilt and Sean Alexander v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process entrapment firearms-possession impeachment-evidence informant-disclosure sting-operation | 1. In an ATF sting operation, the government failed to disclose the identity of the informant pretrial, and the defense was entrapment. The defense di… |
| 20-7215 | Sunni Askari Newell v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-02-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT HAS MISCONSTRUED U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), CONTRARY TO EVERY OTHER CIRCUIT, RESULTING IN DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF FIREARMS … |
| 20-7038 | David Paul Martinez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-05 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-921-a-33 criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearms firearms-possession mens-rea misdemeanor-domestic-violence plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent | 1. Whether Mr. Martinez's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), possession of a firearm after a conviction for a "misdemeanor crime of dome… |
| 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 | 1) 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… |
| 20-5791 | Anthony Moreno v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-09-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearms-possession home-defense interest-balancing risk-assessment second-amendment sentencing-guidelines standing | 1. Does the use of an interest-balancing test to evaluate the Second Amendment rights of a person to keep and bear arms in his home (or vehicle where … |
| 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 | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i… |
| 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 | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i… |
| 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), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 19-5623 | Deshawn Legrier v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-08-16 | GVR | IFP | 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-possession indictment knowingly-element rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction | In light of this Court's decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019) -- which held that the elements of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 19-5601 | Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-16 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of th… |
| 19-5565 | Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-08-13 | GVR | IFP | criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent | Mr. Perez respectfully requests that his 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) conviction be reversed and remanded in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (J… |
| 18-7863 | Jeffrey Burris v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-02-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing due-process firearms firearms-possession reasonableness reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unregistered | Whether a sixty-month sentence for the simple possession of unregistered firearms, without any evidence suggesting the defendant was doing anything il… |
| 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? |
| 18-5241 | Victor Maturino v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-07-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law commentary-amendments destructive-devices double-jeopardy due-process firearms firearms-possession guideline-commentary offense-level-increases rulemaking-authority sentence-enhancement sentencing-commission-process sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether the Sentencing Commission may amend the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines to create new categories of conduct that increase sentences wi… |