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: Caleb Reese, Joseph Granich, Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, and Louisiana Shooting Association
Defendants: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, and United States Attorney General Merrick Garland
Litigation Counsel: Raymond DiGuiseppe, Joseph Greenlee, and John Dillon
Docket: W.D. LA case no. 6:20-cv-01438, Fifth Circuit case no. 23-30033 | CourtListener Docket
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Key Events & Filings:
Circuit Court
- 2023-11-7: 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
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