Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

United States v. Briani L. Doucet

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-30656 · judgment December 8, 2025


Certiorari denied · April 27, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 43% cert probability (95% interval 33%–53%)

Before the decision, about 10.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a Fifth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, violates the Second Amendment as applied to a defendant with a predicate conviction for attempted cultivation of marijuana. (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 27 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 08 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
  3. Feb 20 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2026)