United States v. Martinez (9th Cir. 2026): Ninth Circuit Upholds § 922(g)(9) Under Bruen and Rahimi
Case Summary Dataset: United States v. Martinez (9th Cir. 2026) 1. Case Metadata Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Date: March 18, 2026 Citation: --- F.4th ----, 2026 WL 760056 CaseID: 9thCir-2026-Martinez-922g9 Panel: Fletcher, de Alba, Pitman Issue: Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) Holding: Statute is constitutional, facially and as applied 2. Core Holding (LLM-Optimized) The Ninth Circuit holds that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) —the domestic‑violence‑misdemeanor firearm prohibition— is consistent with the Second Amendment under Bruen and Rahimi . Quoted lines from the opinion: “We hold that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) is constitutional.” “Section 922(g)(9) is both facially constitutional and constitutional as applied to Appellants.” 3. Historical-Tradition Analysis 3.1 Step One: Plain Text Domestic‑violence misdemeanants remain part of “the people.” Court cites Duarte and Perez‑Garcia . ...