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Cutberto Viramontes, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 24-1437 · judgment June 2, 2025
Set for argument · December 2, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 5%–17%)
Before the decision, about 2.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a petition citing more than ten dissents, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.
Question presented
Consolidated with 25-566. Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David H. Thompson
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
For respondent
Eileen M. O'Neill-Burke
Cook County State's Attorneys Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 22 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage · 45 merits
(45 supporting pet./neither)
Related
Vide, 25-566
Order
Order list, June 30, 2026 · Certiorari granted
Proceedings
- Sep 21 2026Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
- Sep 18 2026CIRCULATED
- Sep 18 2026Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- Sep 09 2026Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 2, 2026. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Peace Officers Research Association of California, et al. filed (as to 25-238).
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Ballistic Experts and Second Amendment Law Professors filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of California Rifle & Pistol Association, Incorporated, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of Hawaii Firearms Coalition filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of California Gun Rights Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et. al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of National African American Gun Association, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of American Firearms Association, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of Javier Herrera, M.D. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of National Rifle Association of America, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Professor Gary Kleck, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Professor William English, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Knife Rights, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Dr. Angus McClellan, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Tennessee, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Palmetto State Armory, LLC, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Amicus brief of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - September 10, 2026)
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners filed. (Corrected) VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Amicus brief of Huang Tiange and Corey Biazzo not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - September 11, 2026)
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Huang Tiange, et al. filed. (Corrected) VIDED.
- Sep 04 2026Brief amici curiae of Eleven State-Based Firearms Advocacy Organizations filed. VIDED.
- Sep 03 2026Brief amicus curiae of Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners filed. VIDED.
- Sep 03 2026Brief amici curiae of National Association For Gun Rights, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 03 2026Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Institute, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 03 2026Brief amicus curiae of Knox Williams, Senior Fellow for Second Amendment Policy at the America First Policy Institute filed. VIDED.
- Sep 03 2026Brief amicus curiae of Illinois State Rifle Association filed. VIDED.
- Sep 03 2026Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Defense and Education Coalition, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Sep 02 2026Brief amicus curiae of Professor Akhil Reed Amar in support of neither party filed (as to 25-238).
- Sep 02 2026Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Law Center filed. VIDED.
- Aug 31 2026Brief amicus curiae of Hawaii Rifle Association filed. VIDED.
- Aug 31 2026Brief amicus curiae of National Sheriffs’ Association, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Aug 28 2026Brief of petitioners Cutberto Viramontes, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Aug 28 2026Joint appendix filed. VIDED.
- Aug 27 2026Brief amicus curiae of G. Antaeus B. Edelsohn filed. VIDED.
- Jul 15 2026Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2026. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 21, 2026. VIDED.
- Jul 14 2026Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. VIDED.
- Jun 30 2026Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 25-566 is granted as to the question presented by the petition in No. 25-238. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
- Jun 30 2026Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 25-238. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 25-238. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
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- Nov 12 2025Reply of petitioners Cutberto Viramontes, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 29 2025Brief of respondents Cook County, Illinois, et al. in opposition filed.
- Sep 29 2025Brief amicus curiae of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. filed.
- Sep 22 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 29, 2025.
- Sep 19 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 27 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)