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Antonio Montrail Anderson v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-10976 · judgment July 29, 2025


Certiorari denied · December 15, 2025

Questions presented

  1. When does a record show “that the district court thought the sentence it chose was appropriate irrespective of the guidelines” within the meaning of MolinaMartinez v. United States, 578 U.S. 189, 198, 200 (2016)?

  2. Does Anderson’s 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) conviction violate the Second Amendment?

  3. May Congress criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on the fact that the firearm crossed state lines at some point before the defendant possessed it?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Maria Gabriela Vega
Office of the Federal Public Defender, NDTX

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 15 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 26 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
  3. Nov 18 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. Oct 21 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 24, 2025)