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Garrito Fort v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 25-1024 · judgment May 12, 2026
Pending
Question presented
Were Petitioner’s Second Amendment rights violated when the trial court granted the United States’s pretrial motion to preclude Petitioner from arguing selfdefense at trial?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Theodore Marvin Lothstein
Lothstein Guerriero, PLLC
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Sep 03 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 31 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Aug 07 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2026)