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Timothy LeBlanc v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-30036 · judgment August 5, 2025
Questions presented
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Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), because it is permanent and applies to all persons convicted of felonies?
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Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional as applied to individuals with decades-old prior convictions from their youth who have not been shown to be currently dangerous and seek to possess a firearm for self-defense?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Dustin Talbot
Federal Public Defender
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Order
Order list, March 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 09 2026Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Jan 02 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 9, 2026.
- Dec 31 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 8, 2026 to February 9, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 09 2025Response Requested. (Due January 8, 2026)
- Nov 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 03 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 8, 2025)