Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Joshua Devon Barrow v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-10155 · judgment July 17, 2025


Certiorari denied · November 17, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Whether an individual’s probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), or whether courts must instead apply the BruenRahimi historical analysis to determine if the specific predicate offense historically justified disarmament?

  2. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Commerce Clause when the government’s only jurisdictional burden is to prove that a part of the firearm crossed state lines at some point in the indeterminate past?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brandon Elliott Beck
Brandon Beck Law

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 17 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 30 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
  3. Oct 22 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Oct 03 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 7, 2025)