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Stevie Gomez Contreras v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-50370 · judgment July 17, 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 prior convictions for offenses that did not result in disarmament in the Founding era.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Bradford Wayne Bogan
Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 5 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 06 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Oct 30 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Oct 15 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)