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BEERS v. ATTY. GEN. U.S.

No. 17-3010.

927 F.3d 150 (2019)

Bradley BEERS; Joseph Divita, Appellants v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES of America; Department of Justice; United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives; Thomas E. Brandon, Deputy Director of the ATF; Ronald B. Turk, Associates Deputy Director/Chief Operating Office of the ATF; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Director Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States of America; Pennsylvania Attorney General; Pennsylvania State Police; Tyree Blocker, Commissioner of The Pennsylvania State Police; Edward Donnelly, Bucks County Sheriff; Bucks County Sheriffs Department; Bucks County District Attorney.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: June 20, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Gottlieb (ARGUED), Vangrossi & Recchuiti, 319 Swede Street, Norristown, PA 19401, Counsel for Appellant.

Tyce R. Walters (ARGUED), Patrick Nemeroff , Michael S. Raab , United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20530, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: SHWARTZ, ROTH and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

INTRODUCTION

Federal law prohibits the possession of firearms by anyone who has previously been adjudicated as mentally ill or committed to a mental institution. Bradley Beers challenges this law on the ground that, as applied to him, it violates the Second Amendment.

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