United States v. Rahimi

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-915	5th Cir.	Nov 7, 2023	Jun 21, 2024	8-1	Roberts	OT 2023

Holding: When an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on June 21, 2024. Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion, in which Justice Kagan joined. Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson filed concurring opinions. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/17/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2023)
04/10/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2023 to May 23, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
04/11/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 23, 2023.
04/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of California Governor Gavin Newsom filed.
04/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Texas Advocacy Project filed.
04/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of Gun Violence and Domestic Violence Prevention Groups filed.
04/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of New York County Lawyers Association filed.
04/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
04/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of Joshua Horwitz, et al. filed.
04/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, et al. filed.
05/15/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 23, 2023 to June 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
05/16/2023	Response to motion to extend the time to file a response filed.
05/16/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including May 30, 2023.
05/30/2023	Brief of respondent Zackey Rahimi in opposition filed.
05/30/2023	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Docketed June 5, 2023) filed by respondent Zackey Rahimi.
06/01/2023	Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 received.
06/06/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
06/06/2023	Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
06/29/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023.
06/30/2023	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
06/30/2023	Petition GRANTED.
08/04/2023	Motion for an extension of time filed.
08/14/2023	Brief of petitioner United States filed.
08/14/2023	Joint appendix filed.
08/17/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Patrick J. Charles in support of neither party filed.
08/18/2023	Brief amicus curiae of 97Percent filed.
08/18/2023	Brief amicus curiae of California Legislative Women's Caucus filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of City of New York, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Law Scholars filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Educators, Practitioners, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney et al filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of New York County Lawyers Association filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Professors of History and Law filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Legal Aid Chicago, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Religious Leaders and Organizations filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Reproductive Rights filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Senator Richard Blumenthal, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Senator Amy Klobuchar, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Gun Violence and Domestic Violence Prevention Groups filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Public-Health Researchers and Lawyers filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Former State Chief Justices and Chief Judges filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Global Action On Gun Violence, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of California Governor Gavin Newsom filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of March For Our Lives Action Fund filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of AEquitas filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Texas Advocacy Project, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Crime Commission of New York City filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Mary Anne Franks filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Houston Area Women’s Center filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Everytown for Gun Safety filed.
08/21/2023	Amicus brief of Prosecutor and Law Enforcement Associations and Office not accepted for filing. (Dupilicate submission--August 24, 2023)
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Prosecutor and Law Enforcement Associations, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association, et al. filed.
08/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of The Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, et al. filed.
08/22/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Americans Against Gun Violence filed.
08/24/2023	Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits is granted and the time is extended to and including September 27, 2023.
09/06/2023	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
09/07/2023	Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
09/14/2023	Record from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas received electronically and available with the Clerk. The USCA-5 record is available on PACER.
09/18/2023	CIRCULATED
09/22/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Prosecutor Integrity filed. (Distributed)
09/27/2023	Brief of respondent Zackey Rahimi filed. (Distributed)
10/02/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Association for Gun Rights filed. (Distributed)
10/03/2023	Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
10/03/2023	Brief amici curiae of Alameda County Public Defenders, et al. filed. (Distributed)
10/03/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Nicholas Johnson filed. (Distributed)
10/03/2023	Brief amici curiae of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles and Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amici curiae of The Bronx Defenders Union and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of California Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. and Gun Owners of California filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amici curiae of Professors of Second Amendment Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of FPC Action Foundation filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amici curiae of Law Enforcement Groups and Firearms Rights Groups filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National African American Gun Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The Second Amendment Foundation filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Angus Kirk McClellan, PhD. filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Human Liberty filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Crime Prevention Research Center filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Associationof America, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amici curiae of William English, Ph.D. and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms filed. (Distributed)
10/04/2023	Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
10/06/2023	Proposal to lodge filed.
10/25/2023	Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
11/02/2023	Amicus brief of Professor Lorianne Updike-Toler not accepted for filing. (Corrected version to be submitted--November 09, 2023.)
11/02/2023	Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by Professor Lorianne Updike-Toler. (Corrected filing submitted November 22, 2023.)
11/07/2023	Argued. For petitioner: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: J. Matthew Wright, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Amarillo, Tex.
12/11/2023	Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by Professor Lorianne Updike-Toler DENIED.
06/21/2024	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for the Court, in which Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Kagan, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., Kavanaugh, J., Barrett, J., and Jackson, J., filed concurring opinions. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
07/23/2024	Judgment Issued. (Rev. 7/25/2024)