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Jeffrey M. Johnson, Sr. v. Bob Jacobson, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 25-3036 · judgment May 26, 2026
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Questions presented
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Whether Americans must obtain a firearm license from each state to exercise their Second Amendment rights across the Nation.
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Whether state firearm license reciprocity statutes that do not recognize firearm licenses issued by all other states are valid under N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ryan Ashley Morrison
Liberty Justice Center
For respondent
Michael Patrick Goodwin
Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 22 2026Brief amici curiae of Huang Tiange, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 15 2026Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 31 2026Waiver of right of respondent Bob Jacobson to respond filed.
- Aug 24 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2026)