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Jerry Otis Moore v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-50695, 24-50698 · judgment July 3, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025

Question presented

Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comply with the text and historical tradition of the Second Amendment in permanently disarming all felons, regardless of offense type, rehabilitation, or any individualized judicial finding of current dangerousness, as the Fifth and Eighth Circuits have held, or does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment when applied to nonviolent felons, as the Third Circuit has held?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joseph Jeff Ostini
National Defense Law

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 10 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 16 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
  3. Oct 10 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Sep 24 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 30, 2025)