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Marco Antonio Sanchez v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-50188 · judgment August 18, 2025
Questions presented
Below, Petitioner Marco Antonio Sanchez challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm. He argued that § 922(g)(1)’s permanent disarmament violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms both facially and as applied to him. The court of appeals affirmed. The questions presented are:
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Does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment facially?
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Does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment as applied to individuals with convictions for offenses that did not involve the misuse of firearms or establish a credible threat of such misuse?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kristin Michelle Kimmelman
Federal Public Defender's Office
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, January 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Dec 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 03 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 18, 2025)