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Rudy Altamirano v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-50816 · judgment September 3, 2025
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of “a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year” from possessing a firearm, violates the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to individuals with prior convictions for nonviolent offenses.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Bradford Wayne Bogan
Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas
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 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 9, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 09 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 19 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
- Feb 04 2026Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Jan 02 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 4, 2026.
- Dec 31 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 5, 2026 to February 4, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 02 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 5, 2026)