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Terry Lee Gammage v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-11250 · judgment September 2, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
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If so, whether under the Bruen/Rahimi methodology, the Second Amendment is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant like Petitioner with only non-violent priors.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Peter Vincent Birch
Federal Public Defender
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 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 16 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Nov 25 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 9, 2026)