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Brandon Glen Jackson v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-4114 · judgment September 12, 2025
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), which prohibits firearm possession by anyone under indictment for a felony, can constitutionally be applied to a nonviolent indictee on the theory that Congress may, consistent with the Second Amendment, disarm whole categories of people on a class-wide basis, without requiring individualized showings that a given member of that class is dangerous.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Cullen Oakes Macbeth
Office of the 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
Linked docket
25A729
Order
Order list, April 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Apr 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 24 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Mar 05 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 9, 2026)
- Dec 23 2025Application (25A729) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 9, 2026.
- Dec 17 2025Application (25A729) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 8, 2026 to March 9, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.