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HAMILTON v. PALLOZZI

No. 16-1222.

848 F.3d 614 (2017)

James HAMILTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William L. PALLOZZI, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police; Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, Defendants-Appellees. Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund; Downsize DC Foundation; DownsizeDC.org; Gun Owners Foundation; Gun Owners of America, Inc.; Institute on the Constitution; The Heller Foundation; United States Justice Foundation, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 17, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Alan Gura , GURA & POSSESSKY, PLLC, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Mark Holdsworth Bowen , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Pikesville, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Cary Hansel , HANSEL LAW, P.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Michael Connelly , Ramona, California, for Amicus United States Justice Foundation; Robert J. Olson , Herbert W. Titus , William J. Olson , John S. Miles , Jeremiah L. Morgan , WILLIAM J. OLSON, P.C., Vienna, Virginia, for Amici Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Downsize DC Foundation, DownsizeDC.org, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of America, Inc., Institute on the Constitution, and The Heller Foundation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion, in which Judge Shedd and Judge Duncan joined.

Appellant James Hamilton is a convicted felon in Virginia who has had his civil rights restored by the Governor of Virginia and his firearms rights restored by the Virginia courts. Now, as a resident of Maryland, he desires to obtain a permit for a handgun and possess a long gun, both of which he is unable to do in Maryland...

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