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United States v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-60607 · judgment November 21, 2025
Before the decision, about 11.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a Fifth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, violates the Second Amendment as applied to a defendant with a predicate conviction under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits the possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance. (I)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
For respondent
Victoria Elizabeth McIntyre
Office of the Federal Public Defender
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Order
Order list, June 29, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 29 2026Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
- Jun 29 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Apr 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- Apr 08 2026Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell.
- Apr 08 2026Brief of respondent Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell in opposition filed.
- Feb 20 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2026.
- Feb 19 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 9, 2026 to April 8, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 05 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)