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