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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
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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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 4 conferences
Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage
Order
Order list, June 30, 2026 · Certiorari denied
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)