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National Rifle Association, Incorporated v. Mark Glass, Commissioner, Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 21-12314 · judgment March 14, 2025
Certiorari denied · June 30, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–11%)
Before the decision, about 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether Florida’s law banning 18-to-20-year-olds from purchasing firearms violates the Second Amendment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David H. Thompson
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
For respondent
Jeffrey Paul DeSousa
Florida Office of the Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences
Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jun 30 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2026.
- Jun 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Oct 29 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
- Sep 04 2025Rescheduled.
- Sep 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 20 2025Brief of respondent Mark Glass, Commissioner, Florida Department of Law Enforcement in opposition filed.
- Aug 08 2025Brief amicus curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in support of respondent filed.
- Jul 11 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 20, 2025.
- Jul 10 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 21, 2025 to August 20, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 20 2025Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation filed.
- Jun 20 2025Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed.
- Jun 20 2025Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
- Jun 12 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 21, 2025.
- Jun 11 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 20, 2025 to July 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 16 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 20, 2025)