Summary: Gun control group and California sued the ATF, attempting to redefine so-called "80% receivers" as firearm receivers. FPC is intervening on behalf of itself and its members, who include producers, sellers, buyers, and possessors of non-firearm objects to ensure that their rights and interests are protected.
Applicant Intervenors: Zachary Fort, Frederick Barton, Blackhawk Manufacturing Group, Inc., and Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc.
Plaintiffs: State of California, Bryan Muehlberger, Frank Blackwell, and Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Defendants: BATFE, Regina Lombardo as Acting Director of the BATFE, US-DOJ, Attorney General William Barr
Litigation Counsel: Cody J. Wisniewski, George Lee
Docket: N.D. CA case no. 3:20-cv-06761 | CourtListener Docket
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Key Events & Filings:
- 2023-2-22: Notice of Withdrawal of Request for Intervention
- 2023-2-9: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
- 2023-1-12: Federal Defendants’ Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
- 2022-12-21: Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint
- 2022-12-2: Applicants in Intervention’s Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
- 2022-11-18: Federal Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
- 2022-10-20: First Amended Complaint
- 2022-9-15: Joint Status Report
- 2022-5-11: Joint Status Report
- 2022-3-29: Joint Status Report
- 2021-5-21: Order Granting Stipulation to Stay Case
- 2021-5-20: Applicants' Response to Stipulation
- 2021-5-20: Stipulation to Stay Case
- 2021-4-9: Order of Temporary Stay of Case
- 2021-1-25: Reply in Support of Polymer80 Motion to Intervene
- 2021-1-14: Plaintiffs' Opposition to Polymer80 Motion to Intervene
- 2021-1-11: Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
- 2021-1-4: Defendant's Non-Opposition to Polymer80 Motion to Intervene
- 2020-12-30: Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
- 2020-12-22: Reply in Support of FPC Motion to Intervene
- 2020-12-21: Polymer80 Motion to Intervene
- 2020-12-15: Plaintiffs' Opposition to FPC Motion to Intervene
- 2020-12-8: Defendants' Response to FPC Motion to Intervene
- 2020-11-30: Motion to Dismiss
- 2020-11-24: Motion to Intervene
- 2020-11-24: Memorandum in Support
- 2020-9-29: Complaint
Related News Releases:
- 2022-12-6: FPC Files Brief in Gun Control Lawsuit Seeking to Compel Federal Re-Definition of “Firearm”
- 2021-3-2: Court to Decide FPC Intervention Motion Following Hearing in California v. ATF Lawsuit
- 2020-11-24: FPC Moves to Intervene in California v. ATF Gun Control Lawsuit Seeking to Compel Federal Re-Definition of “Firearm”
