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United States v. Briani L. Doucet
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-30656 · judgment December 8, 2025
Before the decision, about 11.7× 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
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Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, April 27, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Apr 27 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
- Feb 20 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2026)