Summary: Lawsuit challenging California’s handgun “roster” ban laws and its ban on self-manufacturing handguns.
Plaintiffs: Lana Rae Renna, Danielle Jaymes, Laura Schwartz, Michael Schwartz, John Matthew Klier, Justin Smith, John Phillips, Cheryl Prince, Darin Prince, Ryan Peterson, PWGG, L.P., North County Shooting Center, Inc., Gunfighter Tactical, LLC, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), San Diego County Gun Owners PAC (SDCGO), Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)
Defendants: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, DOJ Bureau of Firearms Director Blake Graham
Litigation Counsel: Raymond DiGuiseppe, Michael Sousa, William Sack
Docket: S.D. CA case no. 3:20-cv-02190, Ninth Circuit case no. 23-55367 | CourtListener Docket
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Key Events & Filings:
Circuit Court
- 2023-5-12: Appellants' Opening Brief
District Court
- 2023-4-14: Notice of Preliminary Injunction Appeal
- 2023-4-14: Order Following Status Conference
- 2023-4-3: Amended Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2023-3-31: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2023-3-21: Order Setting Status Conference
- 2023-2-10: Hearing Transcript
- 2023-2-3: Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction or Alternatively, Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2023-1-27: Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction or, Alternatively, Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2022-12-22: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction or Alternatively, Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2022-11-14: Answer to Third Amended Complaint
- 2022-10-31: Third Amended Complaint
- 2022-10-20: Order on Joint Motion and Stipulation Concerning Plaintiffs’ Voluntary Dismissal of Counts Two Through Seven of the Second Amended Complaint and the Filing of a Third Amended Complaint
- 2022-10-19: Joint Motion and Stipulation Concerning Plaintiffs’ Voluntary Dismissal of Counts Two Through Seven of the Second Amended Complaint and the Filing of a Third Amended Complaint
- 2022-10-8: Notice of Withdrawal of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
- 2022-10-5: Motion to Dismiss
- 2022-10-3: Plaintiffs’ Reply to Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and a Preliminary Injunction
- 2022-9-30: Order on Joint Motion and Stipulation Regarding Plaintiffs’ Claims Challenging Senate Bill 1327
- 2022-9-28: Joint Motion and Stipulation Regarding Plaintiffs’ Claims Challenging Senate Bill 1327
- 2022-9-23: Defendants’ Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
- 2022-9-8: Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and a Preliminary Injunction
- 2022-8-23: Second Amended Complaint
- 2022-5-27: Order Granting Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute
- 2022-4-25: Motion to Dismiss Under Rule 41 for Failure to Prosecute
- 2022-2-16: Joint Stipulation for the Voluntary Dismissal of Plaintiff Hannah Spousta
- 2021-5-14: Answer to First Amended Complaint
- 2021-4-23: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
- 2021-3-1: Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
- 2021-2-15: Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
- 2021-1-25: Motion to Dismiss
- 2021-1-4: First Amended Complaint
- 2020-11-12: Objection to Notice of Related Cases
- 2020-11-10: Notice of Related Cases
- 2020-11-10: Complaint
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- 2022-9-1: FPC Amends California Handgun Roster, Self-Manufacturing Ban Lawsuit
- 2021-4-27: Federal Judge Allows FPC Lawsuit Against California Handgun Roster Ban to Move Forward
- 2020-11-10: FPC, SDCGO, CCRKBA, SAF Sue to Strike Down Expanded California Handgun Roster Ban Laws, Regulations
