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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


Pending

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

  1. Jul 09 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
  2. Jul 06 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  3. May 26 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2026)