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Melynda Vincent v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 21-4121 · judgment September 15, 2023


GVR'd · July 2, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one 15-year-old nonviolent felony conviction for trying to pass a bad check.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey T. Green
Green Law Chartered LLC

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
23A509

Proceedings

  1. Aug 05 2024
    Judgment Issued.
  2. Jul 02 2024
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of United States v. Rahimi, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).
  3. Jun 28 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024.
  4. Jun 27 2024
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Melynda Vincent filed. (Distributed)
  5. Jun 24 2024
    Supplemental brief for the Federal Parties filed. VIDED.
  6. Mar 12 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
  7. Mar 11 2024
    Reply of petitioner Melynda Vincent filed. (Distributed)
  8. Feb 26 2024
    Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.
  9. Dec 29 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 26, 2024.
  10. Dec 28 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 25, 2024 to February 26, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Dec 21 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 25, 2024)
  12. Dec 05 2023
    Application (23A509) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until December 21, 2023.
  13. Dec 01 2023
    Application (23A509) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 14, 2023 to December 21, 2023, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.