Current Case Name: FPC v. ATF
Former Case Names: Reese v. ATF
Summary: Federal Second and Fifth Amendment lawsuit challenging the federal ban on the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition by federal firearm licensees (FFLs) to adults under 21 years of age.
Plaintiffs: Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, and Louisiana Shooting Association
Defendants: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Acting ATF Director Daniel Driscoll, and United States Attorney General Pamela Bondi
Litigation Counsel: George J. Armbruster, III, David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson, William V. Bergstrom, and Joseph Greenlee
Docket: W.D. LA case no. 6:20-cv-01438, Fifth Circuit case nos. 23-30033 and 26-30154 | CourtListener Docket
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Key Events & Filings:
District Court
- 2026-3-30: Notice of Appeal
- 2026-3-17: Notice of Appeal
- 2026-1-27: Judgment
- 2026-1-23: Joint Proposed Judgment
- 2026-1-23: Letter re: Proposed Judgment
- 2025-10-16: Minute Entry to set telephone conference on October 27, 2025 addressing content of vacated judgment
- 2025-10-14: Order Vacating Judgment
- 2025-10-10: Joint Motion to Alter or Amend the Judgment
- 2025-10-07: Judgment
- 2025-9-19: Brief in Support of Plaintiffs’ Proposed Judgment and in Opposition to Defendants’ Proposed Judgment
- 2025-9-2: Defendants' Proposed Judgment
- 2025-9-2: Plaintiffs' Proposed Judgment
- 2025-7-2: Order
- 2025-7-1: Joint Status Report
Circuit Court
- 2025-3-4: Unopposed Motion for a 30-Day Extension of Time to File a Petition for Rehearing En Banc
- 2025-1-30: Opinion
- 2025-1-16: 28(j) Letter
- 2024-11-13: 28(j) Letter
- 2024-11-8: 28(j) Letter
- 2024-9-23: Oral Arguments
- 2024-7-25: Appellee's Supplemental Brief
- 2024-7-25: Appellants' Supplemental Brief
- 2024-7-18: 28(j) Letter
- 2024-7-5: 28(j) Letter
- 2024-6-26: 28(j) Letter
- 2024-1-30: 28(j) Letter
- 2024-1-19: 28(j) Letter
- 2023-11-6: Oral Arguments
- 2023-7-17: 28(j) Letter
- 2023-6-15: Response to 28(j) Letter
- 2023-6-13: 28(j) Letter
- 2023-6-2: Reply Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants
- 2023-5-12: Brief for Appellees
- 2023-3-13: Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants
District Court
- 2023-1-10: Notice of Appeal
- 2022-12-21: Memorandum Ruling
- 2022-7-8: Defendants’ Response to Plaintiffs’ Notice of Supplemental Authority
- 2022-7-5: Plaintiffs’ Notice of Supplemental Authority
- 2022-6-1: Defendants’ Response to Plaintiffs’ Notice of Supplemental Authority
- 2022-6-1: Plaintiffs’ Notice of Supplemental Authority
- 2021-8-13: Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Their Cross Motion For Summary Judgment
- 2021-7-16: Defendants’ Combined Reply Brief in Support of Their Motion For Summary Judgment and Opposition Brief to Plaintiffs’ Cross-motion for Summary Judgment
- 2021-6-17: Plaintiffs’ Motion For Partial Summary Judgment; Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support; Response to Motion to Dismiss or for Summary Judgment
- 2021-6-10: Order Granting Motion to Dismiss by Joseph Granich
- 2021-6-10: Joint/Voluntary Motion to Dismiss by Joseph Granich
- 2021-5-27: Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint or for Summary Judgment
- 2021-5-5: Amended Complaint
- 2021-4-15: Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss or for Summary Judgment
- 2020-11-6: Complaint
Related News Releases:
- 2025-10-7: FPC Statement on Reese v. ATF Judgment
- 2025-9-19: FPC Fights Trump DOJ Scheme to Maintain Unconstitutional Gun Control Laws Struck Down By Fifth Circuit
- 2025-1-30: FPC WIN: Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Age-Based Handgun Ban
- 2024-7-26: FPC Attacks Federal Age-Based Handgun Ban
- 2020-11-6: FPC, SAF, and Louisiana Shooting Association Challenge Federal Ban on Handgun, Ammunition Sales to Adults Under 21
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