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King Belin v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 24-1552 · judgment February 13, 2026


Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant whose prior conviction is not accompanied by any judicial finding that he poses a present danger to the physical safety of others, where the Government does not prove that permanently disarming such individuals is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.

  2. Whether a defendant preserves an as-applied constitutional challenge to § 922(g)(1) for appellate review by filing and litigating a pretrial motion to dismiss the indictment on Second Amendment grounds, or whether a court of appeals may treat the claim as forfeited and apply plain-error review.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Steven A. Feldman
Feldman & Feldman, Attorneys at Law

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 05 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  3. Feb 27 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Feb 16 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 25, 2026)