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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
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
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
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, November 10, 2025 · Certiorari denied
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)