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National Association for Gun Rights, et al. v. Ned Lamont, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Connecticut, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 23-1162, 23-1344 · judgment August 22, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
This Court has held that arms typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes are protected by the Second Amendment. District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 625 (2008). The Second Circuit disagrees. It wrote: “Even assuming arguendo that the desired firearms and magazines are ‘typically possessed’ and ‘in common use’ for lawful purposes, we disagree [that they are necessarily protected by the Second Amendment.]” Pet.App. 30a (emphasis added). The question presented is: Whether a ban on the possession of AR-15-style rifles and firearm magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds—both of which are possessed by millions of law-abiding Americans for lawful purposes—violates the Second Amendment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John-Paul Singh Deol
Dhillon Law Group lnc.
For respondent
Michael Kenneth Skold
Connecticut Office of the Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 18 conferences
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jun 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2026.
- Jun 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Jun 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- Jun 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- Jun 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
- May 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2026.
- May 18 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2026.
- May 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- Apr 29 2026Letter of Ned Lamont, Governor of CT, et al. filed.
- Apr 27 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
- Apr 20 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
- Apr 13 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 30 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
- Mar 25 2026Supplemental brief of respondents Ned Lamont, Governor of Connecticut, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
- Mar 17 2026Supplemental brief of petitioner National Association for Gun Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 16 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Mar 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
- Feb 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
- Jan 28 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 15 2026Rescheduled.
- Jan 07 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
- Jan 05 2026Reply of petitioners National Association for Gun Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 18 2025Brief of respondents Ned Lamont, Governor of Connecticut, et al. in opposition filed.
- Dec 03 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including December 18, 2025.
- Dec 01 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 8, 2025 to January 11, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 01 2025Response to motion to extend the time to file a response from petitioner filed.
- Nov 06 2025Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, et al. filed.
- Nov 06 2025Brief amici curiae of Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center, et al. filed.
- Oct 24 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 8, 2025. See Rule 30.1.
- Oct 23 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 6, 2025 to December 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 03 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2025)