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Duy T. Mai v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-36071 · judgment March 11, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 26, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a petition citing three to ten dissents.

Question presented

Can the Second Amendment tolerate a lifetime firearm ban on Mr. Mai, a mentally healthy, stable, and law-abiding individual, because of a juvenile involuntary commitment that occurred over twenty years ago? -2-

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Vitaliy A Kertchen
Kertchen Law, PLLC

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Order
Order list, April 26, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Apr 26 2021
Petition DENIED.
Apr 07 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
Mar 19 2021
Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed.
Jan 28 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 18, 2021 to March 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 28 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 19, 2021.
Jan 19 2021
Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
Dec 23 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 18, 2021.
Dec 22 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 19, 2021 to February 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 09 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2021)