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Frankie Centeno v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 23-6650, 23-6651 · judgment July 1, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal government may not permanently disarm a citizen based exclusively on a prior felony conviction.
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Under Esteras v. United States, 145 S. Ct. 2031 (2025), should Petitioner’s prison sentence for violating a condition of supervised release be vacated because the district court relied on 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Darrell Bernard Fields
Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.
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, February 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 12 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Dec 16 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)