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Michael Edward Baptist v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-7436 · judgment March 17, 2026
Question presented
Whether, after New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), and United States v. Rahimi, 144 S. Ct. 1889 (2024), a defendant may bring an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) requiring the government to justify permanent disarmament by historical tradition as applied to the defendant’s predicate felony convictions, or whether § 922(g)(1) is categorically constitutional as applied to all persons with felony convictions?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David J. Zugman
Burcham & Zugman
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jul 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 06 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- May 26 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2026)