Pending Petitions – Listed for Conference in OT26
Case Name
Case Number
On Appeal From
Issue
Status
Mena v. United States
CA8
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)—which permanently prohibits all unlawful users of controlled substances and all drug addicts from possessing firearms, without any pre-deprivation process or individualized finding of dangerousness—is consistent with the Second Amendment’s text and this Court’s historical-tradition test established in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, United States v. Rahimi, and United States v. Hemani
Filed 8/25/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Johnson v. Jacobson
CA8
1. Whether Americans must obtain a firearm license from each state to exercise their Second Amendment rights across the Nation.
2. Whether state firearm license reciprocity statutes that do not recognize firearm licenses issued by all other states are valid under N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022).
Filed 8/24/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Jund v. United States
CA9
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently bars firearm and ammunition possession by anyone convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment, is subject to as-applied challenges under the Second Amendment, and whether it may constitutionally be applied to a person whose predicate convictions involved no violence and no threat of violence
Filed 8/18/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Joshua v. United States
CA8
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)—which permanently prohibits all unlawful users of controlled substances and all drug addicts from possessing firearms, without any pre-deprivation process or individualized finding of dangerousness—is consistent with the Second Amendment’s text and this Court’s historical-tradition test established in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, United States v. Rahimi, and United States v. Hemani
Filed 8/18/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Pepple v. United States
CA8
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional in all its applications or subject to as-applied challenges?
II. If as-applied challenges are prohibited, is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially invalid because it is substantially overbroad and violates the Due Process Clause?
Filed 8/17/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Richardson v. United States
CA8
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional in all its applications or subject to as-applied challenges?
II. If as-applied challenges are prohibited, is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially invalid because it is substantially overbroad and violates the Due Process Clause?
Filed 8/17/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Cooper v. United States
CA8
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
Filed 8/14/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Licon v. United States
CA5
Under Bruen’s first step, does an additional presumption of constitutionality exist for laws characterized as “shall-issue licensing regimes”?
Filed 8/13/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Chuol v. United States
CA8
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)—which permanently prohibits all unlawful users of controlled substances and all drug addicts from possessing firearms, without any pre-deprivation process or individualized finding of dangerousness—is consistent with the Second Amendment’s text and this Court’s historical-tradition test established in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, United States v. Rahimi, and United States v. Hemani.
Filed 8/12/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Anderson v. United States
CA4
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is a violation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution both facially and as applied to petitioner in view of the Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., v. Bruen
Filed 8/10/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Chappell v. United States
CA6
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), which permanently disarms every person convicted of a felony, is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.
Filed 8/9/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Fort v. United States
CA1
Were Petitioner’s Second Amendment rights violated when the trial court granted the United States’s pretrial motion to preclude Petitioner from arguing self-defense at trial?
Filed 8/7/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Riddle v. United States
CA10
(1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is consistent with the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in all cases, or rather is susceptible to as-applied challenges under the Second Amendment; and
(2) Whether the Second Amendment prohibits the conviction of, and judgment against, Petitioner for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) given the nonviolent character of his prior predicate conviction
Filed 8/3/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Prince v. United States
CA7
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially constitutional under the Second Amendment and the Nation’s history and tradition of firearms regulation
Filed 7/31/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Watson v. United States
CA7
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 exceeding one year” from possessing a firearm, violates the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner, whose prior felonies consist solely of nonviolent drug offenses.
Filed 7/31/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Wilson v. United States
CA5
First, whether the Fifth Circuit’s continued reliance on Hollis v. Lynch, 827 F.3d 436 (5th Cir. 2016) and refusal to require the government to prove a historical tradition of firearm regulation under this Court’s Second Amendment framework conflicts with N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022)?
Second, should the Court hold this petition pending the outcome of Viramontes v. Cook County, No. 25-238 (U.S. Jun. 30, 2026), and Grant v. Higgins, No. 25-566 (U.S. Jun. 30, 2026), given lower courts’ determinations that for Second Amendment purposes, AR-15’s are indistinguishable from M16 machineguns?
Filed 7/29/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Porter v. United States
CA5
1. Whether an officer’s access of an automatic license plate reader database, which indiscriminately collects and stores personally identifying information and location history and allows for the access of such information retrospectively, constitutes a search for purposes of the Fourth Amendment.
2. Whether a firearm that is capable of automatic fire is an “Arm[]” within the meaning of the Second Amendment
Filed 7/15/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Davis v. United States
CA10
Whether Mr. Davis’s conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment on its face.
Filed 7/13/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Vecera v. United States
CA5
1) Does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment, facially or as applied to Vecera?
2) Does § 922(g)(1) exceed Congress’s powers under the Commerce Clause?
Filed 7/9/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Calce v. City of New York
CA2
1. Whether a challenger to a ban on a type of arm must demonstrate that the arm is “in common use” to establish that the ban implicates the Second Amendment’s plain text.
2. Whether the challenged New York State and New York City bans on electronic arms such as tasers and stun guns implicate the Second Amendment’s plain text.
3. Whether the challenged New York State and New York City bans on electronic arms such as tasers and stun guns violate the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
Filed 7/7/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Pearson v. United States
CA5
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment.
2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on the firearm crossing state lines at some point before the defendant came to possess it.
3. Whether, under abuse-of-discretion review and absent a finding of harmlessness, a court of appeals must vacate and remand when the sentencing record suggests the district court impermissibly weighed a sentencing factor
Filed 7/6/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Salas-Martinez v. Texas
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas and at least eight other states have laws making it illegal (with very narrow exceptions) for citizens between the ages of eighteen and twenty to carry a handgun outside of the home, even when carried solely for personal protection. Did this Court’s opinion issued in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), invalidate Texas Penal Code section 46.02 and similar laws?
Filed 7/3/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Swan v. United States
CA10
(1) Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is consistent with the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in all cases, or rather is susceptible to as-applied challenges under the Second Amendment; and
(2) Whether the Second Amendment prohibits the conviction of, and judgment against, petitioner for violating 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) given the nonviolent character of his prior predicate convictions.
Filed 7/2/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Shepherd v. United States
CA5
Whether short-barreled shotguns are “arms” protected by the Second Amendment.
Filed 6/29/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
White v. United States
CA2
Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) susceptible to an as-applied challenge under the Second Amendment where it results in disarming an American citizen acting in self-defense due to a years-old predicate conviction?
Filed 6/29/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Cisneros v. United States
CA10
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 applied to the Petitioner.
Filed 6/26/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Williams v. United States
CA2
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 government may not permanently disarm citizens whose prior felony convictions were for nonviolent offenses only
Filed 6/24/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Gaddy v. United States
CA8
Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both facially and as applied to any defendant, no matter the case-specific circumstances?
Filed 6/24/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Garrett v. United States
CA8
Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both facially and as applied to any defendant, no matter the case-specific circumstances?
Filed 6/24/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Price v. United States
CA8
1. Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)’s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of any felony offense is an unconstitutional infringement of the right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment
Filed 6/23/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Bland v. United States
CA4
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, either facially or as applied to the Petitioner.
Filed 6/22/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Cerrillo v. United States
CA5
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 firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, and, if so, if it is facially unconstitutional?
Filed 6/22/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Williamson v. United States
CA5
1. Federal law bans the possession of firearms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). What rule(s) should the lower courts apply when evaluating whether a prosecution or conviction under that statute is consistent with the Second Amendment to the Constitution?
2. Under the prevailing interpretation of the nexus-with-commerce element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), a former felon possesses “in or affecting commerce” a firearm if the firearm was made in another state or country. Does Congress have the constitutional authority to enact such a law?
Filed 6/22/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Butts v. United States
CA9
Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)’s categorical ban on the possession of firearms unconstitutional as applied to a non-violent defendant, who indisputably possessed firearms solely for hunting and sporting purposes?
Filed 6/17/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Rubio-Castillo v. United States
CA5
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(5)(B), which prohibits the possession of firearms by aliens lawfully present in the United States, comports with the Second Amendment.
Filed 6/15/26
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Finney v. United States
CA4
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, either facially or as applied to the Petitioner
Filed 6/10/26
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Jackson v. United States
CA5
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 Jackson?
2. Can Congress criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into a person’s possession?
Filed 6/9/26
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Fleming v. Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida
Whether a statute banning convicted nonviolent felons from possessing a firearm violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Filed 6/9/26
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Fisher v. United States
CA4
Does a handgun or other bearable firearm that is capable of automatic fire qualify as an “arm” within the meaning of the Second Amendment under step one of the Bruen framework?
Filed 6/8/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Jones v. United States
CA2
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 government may not permanently disarm citizens whose prior felony convictions were for nonviolent offenses only
Filed 6/8/26
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Nunamaker v. United States
CA10
1. Whether the Tenth Circuit’s open rejection of Bruen, in reliance upon its pre-Bruen precedent, is appropriate in light of the current circuit split.
2. What is the appropriate standard to be applied when courts consider whether a particular prior felony offense allows Congress to permanently disarm an individual under penalty of imprisonment?
Filed 6/8/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Meyer v. United States
CA11
(1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
(2) If so, whether under the Bruen/Rahimi methodology, the Second Amendment is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant like Petitioner with only non-violent priors
Filed 6/3/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Rojo v. United States
CA9
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 predicate offenses underlying his conviction
Filed 6/3/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Perez v. United States
CA9
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 predicate offenses underlying his conviction
Filed 6/2/26
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Landrum v. United States
CA5
1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment on its face or as applied to Petitioner?
2. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceed Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause on its face or as applied to Petitioner’s intrastate possession of a firearm?
Filed 6/2/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Greene v. United States
CA4
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, either facially or as applied to the Petitioner
Filed 6/1/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Rochon v. United States
CA9
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), facially and as applied to Mr. Rochon, violate the Second Amendment?
Filed 5/28/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Green v. United States
CA9
(1) Whether courts may categorically reject Second Amendment as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based solely on felony status, or whether New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024) require an individualized historical inquiry into whether the petitioner may be permanently disarmed.
(2) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)’s commerce element is satisfied by the mere historical fact that a firearm or ammunition once crossed state lines, or whether the statute and the Commerce Clause require a meaningful, contemporary connection between the defendant’s possession and interstate commerce
Filed 5/23/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Bynes v. Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida
Whether a statute imposing on all convicted felons a lifetime ban on possession of a firearm or ammunition with no individualized finding of dangerousness violates the Second Amendment?
Filed 5/14/26
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
McCoy v. United States
CA2
Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) unconstitutional as applied to McCoy?
Filed 5/12/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Mitchell v. United States
CA8
(1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional in all its applications or is it subject to as-applied challenges?
(2) If as-applied challenges are prohibited, is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially invalid because it violates the Due Process Clause and is substantially overbroad?
(3) Whether Stinson v. United States still accurately states the level of deference due to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines?
Filed 4/28/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Minor v. United States
CA1
Whether this court should grant the petition to determine whether the second amendment protects domestic violence misdemeanants from a lifetime ban on firearms where there has been no judicial finding of a credible threat to the safety of another.
Filed 4/27/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
United States v. Hembree
CA5
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, violates the Second Amendment as applied to respondent.
Filed 4/24/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Novotny v. Moore
CA4
Whether Maryland’s numerous prohibitions on carrying firearms in many places frequented by the general public violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments
Filed 4/15/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Storey v. United States
CA11
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceed Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause, facially and as applied to Petitioner Samuel Storey’s intrastate possession?
Filed 4/2
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Myslow v. United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Whether military courts of criminal appeals have authority under 10 U.S.C. § 866(d)(2) to correct an unconstitutional firearms ban annotated after entry of judgment.
Filed 3/31
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Pestarino v. Pestarino
Washington Supreme Court
Whether Washington’s civil protection order statute, which precludes the subject of such order from having firearms, violates the Second Amendment
(paraphrased)
Filed 1/6/2026
Listed for 9/28/2026 conference
Jefferson v. United States
CA4
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, either facially or as applied to the Petitioner
Filed 9/16/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Tardieff v. United States
CA5
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 State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), because it is permanent and applies to all persons convicted of felonies?
Filed 9/9/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Quadell-Lee Gaines v. United States
CA8
Whether the identity of the sovereign that enacted a historical firearm regulation is part of Bruen’s “relevantly similar” inquiry, so that a federal firearm prohibition must be justified by a federal historical tradition rather than by the regulatory history of the colonies, the States, and their political subdivisions
Filed 9/3/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Zapata v. United States
CA8
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits possession of firearms by a person who “is an unlawful user” of “any controlled substance,” violates the Second Amendment on its face
Filed 9/3/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Higgins v. United States
CA8
I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional in all its applications or subject to as-applied challenges?
II. If as-applied challenges are prohibited, is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially invalid because it is substantially overbroad and violates the Due Process Clause?
Filed 9/3/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Torgerson v. United States
CA8
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits possession of firearms by a person who “is an unlawful user” of “any controlled substance,” violates the Second Amendment on its face
Filed 9/2/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Cook v. United States
CA4
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, either facially or as applied to the Petitioner
Filed 8/31/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Johnson v. United States
CA10
Whether an individual whose sole predicate felony is a non-violent offense may bring an as applied Second Amendment challenge to § 922(g)(1)’s permanent dispossession of the right to keep and bear arms
Filed 8/27/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Mabrey v. United States
CA4
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, either facially or as applied to the Petitioner.
Filed 8/26/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Williams v. Illinois
App. Ct. of Illinois, First Dist
Does New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 38 n.9 (2022), require courts to apply Bruen’s mandated two-step historical analysis to determine the constitutionality of criminal penalties related to a state’s “shall issue” concealed carry licensing regime?
Filed 8/18/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Jones v. United States
CA9
Whether the Ninth Circuit’s refusal to consider as-applied challenges to § 922(g)(1) violates this Court’s binding precedent
Filed 7/22/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Ledvina v. United States
CA8
1. Whether the Second Amendment precludes applying 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)/the statute prohibiting the possession of firearms by unlawful users of controlled substances/ to the Petitioner and a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(1)(A), the statute criminalizing false representations with respect to information required to be kept in the records of a firearms dealer, for falsely representing that Petitioner was not an unlawful user.
2. Whether the term “unlawful user” is unconstitutionally vague.
3. Whether the court of appeals erred by deciding the constitutional issues without passing on the nonconstitutional issues
Filed 7/17/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
Nuno-Lopez v. United States
CA10
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment on its face or as applied to Mr. Nuño-Lopez?
Filed 6/2/2026
Listed for 10/9/2026 conference
