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Cite as:  602 U. S. ____ (2024) 

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Opinion of the Court 

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 22–915 
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UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. ZACKEY RAHIMI 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

[June 21, 2024] 

CHIEF  JUSTICE  ROBERTS  delivered  the  opinion  of  the 

Court. 

A federal statute prohibits an individual subject to a do-
mestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm
if that order includes a finding that he “represents a credi-
ble threat to the physical safety of [an] intimate partner,”
or  a  child  of  the  partner  or  individual. 
18  U. S. C. 
§922(g)(8).  Respondent Zackey Rahimi is subject to such an 
order.  The question is whether this provision may be en-
forced against him consistent with the Second Amendment. 

I 
A 

In December 2019, Rahimi met his girlfriend, C. M., for 
lunch in a parking lot.  C. M. is also the mother of Rahimi’s 
young child, A. R.  During the meal, Rahimi and C. M. be-
gan arguing, and Rahimi became enraged.  Brief for United 
States 2.  C. M. attempted to leave, but Rahimi grabbed her 
by the wrist, dragged her back to his car, and shoved her in, 
causing  her  to  strike  her  head  against  the  dashboard. 
When he realized that a bystander was watching the alter-
cation, Rahimi paused to retrieve a gun from under the pas-