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Torrence Denard Whitaker v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-10693 · judgment July 9, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
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If so, whether under the Bruen/Rahimi methodology, the Second Amendment is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant like Petitioner with only non-violent priors.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brenda Greenberg Bryn
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 3 conferences
Linked docket
25A300
Order
Order list, January 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Jan 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Nov 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 18 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 06 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 10, 2025)
- Sep 16 2025Application (25A300) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 6, 2025.
- Sep 11 2025Application (25A300) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2025 to November 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.