Summary: Federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons”
Plaintiffs: James Miller; Wendy Hauffen; Neil Rutherford; Adrian Sevilla; Ryan Peterson; Gunfighter Tactical, LLC; John Phillips; Poway Weapons and Gear; San Diego County Gun Owners PAC (SDCGO); California Gun Rights Foundation (CGF); Second Amendment Foundation (SAF); Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. (FPC)
Defendants: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra; DOJ Bureau of Firearms Director Brent Orick
Litigation Counsel: John Dillon, Gatzke Dillon & Ballance LLP; George M. Lee, Seiler Epstein LLP
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Key Events & Filings:
2019-12-6: Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction; Declarations of plaintiffs and experts (PDF 44MB); Video of Comparison of California "Featureless" AR-15 vs. Standard AR-15 (Adam Kraut)
- Plaintiffs: James Miller; Wendy Hauffen; Neil Rutherford; Adrian Sevilla; Ryan Peterson and Gunfighter Tactical, a firearms dealer; John Phillips and Poway Weapons and Gear, a training facility, firearms dealer, and NSSF 5-Star shooting range; advocacy organizations San Diego County Gun Owners (SDCGO) PAC; California Gun Rights Foundation (CGF); Second Amendment Foundation (SAF); and Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC);
- Experts: Law professor and scholar, George Mocsary; arms, tactics, militia, and history expert Major General D. Allen Youngman (ret.); historian and firearm technology expert Ashley Hlebinsky; firearms, tactics, use of force, ballistics, and training expert Emanuel Kapelsohn; James Curcuruto, National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Director of Research and Market Development; and economist and crime researcher Dr. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center; and attorney, modern firearms expert, and FPC Director of Legal Strategy, Adam Kraut);
2019-12-4: Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Certain Claims
2019-11-20: Hearing on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (doc. 16) set for 12/18/2019 10:30 AM in Courtroom 5A before Judge Roger T. Benitez
2019-11-20: MINUTE ORDER issued by the Honorable Roger T. Benitez: Granting 17 Joint Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages of Briefs Regarding Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
2019-11-19: Joint Motion to Exceed Page Limit of Briefs Regarding Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
2019-10-25: Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Certain Claims
2019-9-27: First Amended Complaint
2019-8-20: ORDER OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO LOW NUMBER RULE. Case reassigned to Judge Roger T. Benitez and Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt for all further proceedings. Judge John A. Houston, Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Schopler no longer assigned to case. Create association to 3:17-cv-01017-BEN-JLB. The new case number is 19-cv-1537-BEN-JLB. Signed by Judge Roger T. Benitez on 8/16/2019. Signed by Judge John A. Houston on 8/20/2019. (tcf) (Entered: 08/20/2019)
2019-8-15: Complaint
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