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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

  1. Nov 10 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 22 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
  3. Oct 15 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Bondi, Att'y Gen., et al. to respond filed.
  4. Jul 22 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 15, 2025)