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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
Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026
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
Conference history
Distributed for 6 conferences
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)