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Andre Edwards Sanchez v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-50293 · judgment June 13, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits firearm possession by a person who “is an unlawful user of … any controlled substance,” violates the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to an individual who was under the influence of marijuana at the time of possession.
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Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)’s ban on firearm possession by “an unlawful user” of a controlled substance—a term not defined in the statute—is unconstitutionally vague.
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 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jun 29 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Jun 22 2026Supplemental brief of petitioner Andre Edwards Sanchez filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 02 2026Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Nov 26 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 2, 2026.
- Nov 25 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2025)