Renna - Firearms Policy Coalition

Summary: Lawsuit challenging California’s handgun “roster” ban.

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, Bradley Benbrook, Stephen Duvernay

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

2023-8-23: Oral Arguments
2023-8-22: 28(j) Letter
2023-6-30: Appellant's Reply Brief
2023-6-9: Plaintiffs-Appellees’ Answering Brief
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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