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Jake Stanley DeWilde v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 24-8071 · judgment June 10, 2025
Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The M-16 rifle is the lineal descendant of the musket and the standard-issue service rifle utilized by the U.S. military. The question presented is: Whether the Second Amendment to the Constitution permits the government to prohibit the possession, by . responsible, law-abiding Americans, of the standard-issue service rifle of the U.S. military, the M-16.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jake Stanley DeWilde
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 10 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 22 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
- Oct 15 2025Waiver of right of respondent Bondi, Att'y Gen., et al. to respond filed.
- Jul 22 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2025)