Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →
Alexander Wesley Ledvina v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 24-2441 · judgment February 6, 2026
Questions presented
-
Whether the Second Amendment precludes applying 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)/ the statute prohibiting the possession of firearms by unlawful users of controlled substances/ to the Petitioner and a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(1)(A), the statute criminalizing false representations with respect to information required to be kept in the records of a firearms dealer, for falsely representing that Petitioner was not an unlawful user.
-
Whether the term "unlawful user" is unconstitutionally vague.
-
Whether the court of appeals erred by deciding the constitutional issues without passing on the nonconstitutional issues.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alexander Wesley Ledvina
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
Order
Order list, October 13, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 13 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 24 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2026.
- Sep 18 2026Reply of petitioner Alexander Wesley Ledvina filed. (Distributed)
- Sep 04 2026Memorandum of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Aug 27 2026Supplemental brief of petitioner Alexander Wesley Ledvina filed.
- Aug 05 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 4, 2026.
- Aug 03 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2026 to September 4, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 17 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 5, 2026)