March 8, 2024 - December 19, 2022, this Court denied Carbajal-Flores’ second motion to dismiss the indictment [74] on Second Amendment grounds in light of recent Supreme Court case New York State Rifle & Pistol

July 16, 2025 - He was indicted for possessing a firearm as an illegal alien under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A). Carbajal-Flores moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the statute violated his Second Amendment rights.

USA v. Heriberto Carbajal-Flores (0:24-cr-01534), Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Filed: 04/04/2024 - PacerMonitor Mobile Federal and Bankruptcy Court PACER Dockets

April 11, 2024 - Other case filed on April 4, 2024 in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

July 16, 2025 - His mother brought him to the United States in 2002 when he was ten years old. Since then, he has resided in Chicago. Carbajal-Flores now claims the status of a lawful permanent resident.

“U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman ruled on March 8 that the defendant, Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, who is residing in the United States illegally, had his Second Amendment right’s violated when prosecutors originally charged him with 18 U.S.C § 922, which bars illegal immigrants from carrying guns or ammunition.”

March 19, 2024 - “Thus, this Court finds that, as applied to Carbajal-Flores,[Title 18] is unconstitutional.” · In her decision, Coleman cited the Supreme Court's ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which found New York State could not constitutionally prevent anyone from carrying a pistol in public. The case, she said, “established a framework for analyzing whether a challenged firearm regulation violates the Second Amendment.”

Defendant Heriberto Carbajal-Flores ("Carbajal-Flores") was charged with possession of a firearm while illegally or unlawfully in the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(5)(A).

He said Judge Coleman was “anti-gun” and was “willfully misinterpreting” the Supreme Court’s cases to try to upend the Second Amendment.

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Oral Argument for United States v. Heriberto Carbajal-Flores

July 23, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman had dismissed an indictment against Heriberto Carbajal-Flores last year when she found the law he was charged with violated the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. But the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Coleman’s ruling on July 16 and sent the case back to her for reconsideration...

July 16, 2025 - BRENNAN Circuit Judge. Chicago Police arrested Heriberto Carbajal Flores after he repeatedly fired his pistol in a city street. A...20250716097

Petitioner Heriberto Carbajal-Flores respectfully · petitions this honorable Court for a writ of certiorari to · review the judgment and opinion of the United States · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which was · entered in this case on July 16, 2025.

July 17, 2025 - “The Court finds that ... wrote. “Thus, this Court finds that, as applied to Carbajal-Flores, Section 922(g)(5) is unconstitutional.”...

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