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United States v. Keshon Daveon Baxter
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 24-1164 · judgment February 5, 2025
Certiorari denied · October 14, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 22% cert probability (95% interval 14%–33%)
Before the decision, about 5.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and an Eighth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance,” violates the Second Amendment as applied to respondent. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
For respondent
Gary Dean Dickey Jr.
Dickey & Campbell Law Firm, PLC
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 24 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Sep 22 2025Reply of petitioner United States filed.
- Sep 22 2025Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
- Sep 11 2025Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Keshon Daveon Baxter.
- Sep 11 2025Brief of respondent Keshon Daveon Baxter in opposition filed.
- Aug 15 2025Response Requested. (Due September 15, 2025)
- Aug 13 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Jun 27 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 30, 2025)
- May 20 2025Application (24A1010) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 3, 2025.
- May 19 2025Application (24A1010) to extend further the time from June 5, 2025 to July 3, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
- Apr 21 2025Application (24A1010) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 5, 2025.
- Apr 18 2025Application (24A1010) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 6, 2025 to June 5, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.