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Jermaine Nelson v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 23-7893 · judgment June 16, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal government may not permanently disarm citizens with only remote-in-time, nonviolent prior felony convictions.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Sarah Jane Baumgartel
Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.
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 4 conferences
Order
Order list, January 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Jan 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 08 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 19 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 04 2025Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Sep 30 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 5, 2025.
- Sep 29 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 6, 2025 to November 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 02 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 6, 2025)