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Sidney Donnell Kimble v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-50874 · judgment June 30, 2025
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of “a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year” from possessing a firearm, violates the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to individuals with convictions for non-violent offenses.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Carl Richard Hennies
Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas
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 6 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.
- Dec 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Oct 21 2025Rescheduled.
- Oct 09 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
- Oct 07 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 24 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 27, 2025)