gun-possession

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6513 Alexander Jon Ogilvie v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment firearms-regulation gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(n), which prohibits individuals under indictment from shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition, violates the …
25-566 Eddie Grant, Jr., et al. v. Ronnell Higgins, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Transportation, et al. Second Circuit 2025-11-12 Pending common-use constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment gun-possession second-amendment semiautomatic-rifles Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess semiautomatic rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes, including…
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 permits the government to prohibit possession of the standard-issue service rifle by responsible, law-abiding Americans
25-5331 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Farris's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol A…
25-5021 Dajavan Speaks v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge gun-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment self-defense Is § 922(g)(1) unconstitutional as applied to an individual with a nonviolent conviction who was a victim of a drive-by shooting and seeks to possess …
24A509 Willems Calixte, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-25 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-statute gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional in light of recent Supreme Court decisions interpreting criminal statutes and Second Amendment rights
24-5488 Brandon Lee Mayfield v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-09 GVR IFP criminal-conviction gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit Whether Mr. Mayfield's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol…
20-8143 Merwin Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution evidence evidence-rule-404b federal-prosecution federal-rules-of-evidence gun-possession prior-convictions propensity-evidence rule-404(b) Whether federal prosecutors can introduce evidence of a person's prior conviction for unlawful gun possession in a prosecution based on police testimo…
19-8263 Larry Wesley Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-possession drug-trafficking felony-enhancement guidelines gun-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with the decisions of other Circuits on an important matter…