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Abdullahi Said Ali v. City of Portland, Oregon
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Oregon, No. A181186 · judgment April 16, 2025
Question presented
Does a city ordinance that prohibits carrying a loaded firearm in public, but permits a defendant to raise an affirmative defense that the defendant had a concealed-handgun license, violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution? RELATED PROCEEDINGS Multnomah County Circuit Court: 21CR33362 Oregon Court of Appeals: A181186; City of Portland v. Ali, 339 Or App 674 (2025) Oregon Supreme Court: S071996; 374 Or 372 (2025)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Erik Michael Blumenthal
State of Oregon - Public Def. Serv. Comm'n
For respondent
Denis Marcel James Vannier
Portland Office of the City Attorney
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
25A759
Order
Order list, March 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 27 2026Waiver of right of respondent City of Portland to respond filed.
- Feb 17 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 26, 2026)
- Jan 02 2026Application (25A759) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 15, 2026.
- Dec 17 2025Application (25A759) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 17, 2025 to February 15, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.