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Bryan Everal Pittman v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-10498 · judgment June 25, 2025
Questions presented
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Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right?
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Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) withstand Second Amendment scrutiny in all of its applications, or is it unconstitutional as applied to some felons?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jonathan Dodson
Federal Defenders of the MDGA, 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
Linked docket
25A286
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.
- Oct 21 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)
- Sep 11 2025Application (25A286) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 23, 2025.
- Sep 09 2025Application (25A286) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 23, 2025 to November 22, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.