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Michael Thomas McCowan v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-50202 · judgment October 6, 2025
Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026
Question presented
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 either facially or as applied to individuals with prior convictions for offenses that did not result in disarmament in the Founding era.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Shannon Willis Locke
The Locke Law Group
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 20 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Feb 03 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 12, 2026)
- Dec 23 2025Application (25A731) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 3, 2026.
- Dec 17 2025Application (25A731) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 4, 2026 to March 5, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.