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Donald Irving Hill, Jr. v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-30677 · judgment September 3, 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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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 as applied to individuals with convictions for nonviolent drug trafficking offenses?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Dustin Talbot
Federal Public Defender
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 31 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Dec 22 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Dec 01 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 8, 2026)