Summary: Federal lawsuit challenging Washington's "assault weapons" ban as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
Plaintiffs: Lawrence Hartford, Douglas Mitchell, Brett Bass, Sporting Systems Vancouver, Inc., Second Amendment Foundation, Inc., and Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc.
Defendants: Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste, Kitsap County Sheriff John Gese, Kittitas County Sheriff Clayton Myers, Clark County Sheriff John Horch, Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortnoy, Kitsap County Prosecutor Chad Enright, Kittitas County Prosecutor Greg Zempel, Clark County Prosecutor Tony Golik, and Snohomish County Prosecutor Jason Cummings
Litigation Counsel: Joel Ard
Docket: W.D. WA case no. 3:23-cv-05364 | CourtListener Docket
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Key Events & Filings:
- 2023-5-26: Alliance for Gun Responsibility’s Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene as Defendant
- 2023-5-26: Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2023-5-22: State Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2023-5-22: Defendant Enright and Gese’s Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2023-5-22: Defendants Jason Cummings and Adam Fortney’s Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2023-5-22: Snohomish County Defendants Fortney and Cummings’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. §1988 Claims and Damages
- 2023-5-22: Clark County Defendants’ Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2023-5-19: Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Alliance for Gun Responsibility’s Motion to Intervene as a Defendant
- 2023-5-18: Defendant Enright and Gese’s Motion to Dismiss 42 U.S.C. §1983 & §1988 Claims and Damages
- 2023-5-11: Alliance for Gun Responsibility’s Motion to Intervene as Defendant
- 2023-5-4: Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2023-4-25: Complaint
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