Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Juvenile — 5th Cir. (Aug 4, 2026)
The Fifth Circuit returns to a sealed juvenile appeal involving machine gun conversion devices. The juvenile will challenge the government's Juvenile Delinquency Act certification for federal proceedings and argue that the federal machine gun ban is unconstitutional as applied to devices not attached to a firearm. The United States will answer that Mississippi lacked jurisdiction over the charged conduct and that circuit precedent forecloses the Second Amendment claim.
Sealed Appellee v. Sealed Juvenile (No. 24-60348) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, argued August 4, 2026.
Sources
Argument audio — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (public domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105):https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-60348_08-04-2026.mp3
Earlier argument audio — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/24/24-60348_4-28-2025.mp3
Argument listing — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-recordings?docket=24-60348
Related precedent — United States v. Wilson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-10633-CR0.pdf
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