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Melynda Vincent v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 21-4121 · judgment February 11, 2025
Certiorari denied · March 2, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 3% 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 seventeen-year-old nonviolent felony conviction for trying to pass a bad check. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey T. Green
Green Lauerman Chartered P.L.L.C.
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 8 conferences
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Mar 02 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
- Feb 13 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 20 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
- Jan 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Jan 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 08 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Dec 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Aug 19 2025Reply of petitioner Melynda Vincent filed.
- Aug 11 2025Brief of respondent Pamela Bondi, Attorney General in opposition filed.
- Jun 26 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 11, 2025.
- Jun 25 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 11, 2025 to August 11, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 11 2025Brief amici curiae of National Rifle Association of America, et al. filed.
- Jun 09 2025Brief amicus curiae of Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Oklahoma filed.
- Jun 04 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 11, 2025.
- Jun 03 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 11, 2025 to July 11, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 08 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 11, 2025)