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Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-11604 · judgment June 20, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brian Taylor Goldman
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Dec 30 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 filed. (Response due January 2, 2026)