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United States, Petitioner v. Charles Hembree vs. Katherine Novotny, et al., Petitioners v. Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland, et al. vs. Jonathan Granado, Petitioner v. Juanita Ramirez, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Estevan Ramirez
Gun Rights cases on the Supreme Court docket, side by side.
No. 25-1219No. 25-1324No. 25-1338
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| Fact | United States, Petitioner v. Charles Hembree | Katherine Novotny, et al., Petitioners v. Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland, et al. | Jonathan Granado, Petitioner v. Juanita Ramirez, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Estevan Ramirez |
|---|---|---|---|
| Docket | 25-1219 | 25-1324 | 25-1338 |
| Status | Before Arguments | Before Arguments | Before Arguments |
| Date | October Term 2025 (2025–2026) | October Term 2025 (2025–2026) | October Term 2025 (2025–2026) |
| 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 respondent. | Whether Maryland’s numerous prohibitions on carrying firearms in many places frequented by the general public violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments? | 1. Whether Officer Jonathan Granado’s use of deadly force on September 3, 2021 violated the Fourth Amendment when, after a high-speed chase, Estevan Ramirez emerged from the vehicle with gun in hand, refused an order to “get on the ground,” physically resisted an officer’s attempt to arrest, and attempted to escape towards the darkness of a residential neighborhood with gun still in hand. a. Did the panel correctly set forth the elements of an excessive force claim? b. Did the panel invert the qualified immunity analysis by shifting the burden from Ramirez to Officer Granado? c. Does the panel’s approach to qualified immunity force officers “to play roulette with their own existence”? 2. Whether any court other than the Supreme Court can clearly establish the law for purposes of qualified immunity, and if so, whether the panel majority correctly identified the clearly established law applicable to this case. 3. Whether this Court should resolve the controversies regarding qualified imm. |
| Summary | The United States asks the Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit ruling involving Charles Hembree and the federal law that bars people with qualifying felony convictions from possessing firearms. The case concerns whether applying that law to Hembree violates his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. | This case challenges Maryland laws that bar people from carrying firearms in numerous places open to the public. The petitioners argue that those location-based restrictions violate the Second Amendment, as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. | This case concerns whether Officer Jonathan Granado is liable under the Fourth Amendment for using deadly force against Estevan Ramirez after a vehicle pursuit and confrontation in which Ramirez allegedly had a gun. Granado asks the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s denial of qualified immunity and its analysis of excessive force and clearly established law. |
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