ATKINSON v. GARLAND

No. 22-1557.

70 F.4th 1018 (2023)

Patrick ATKINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Merrick GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, and Steven Dettelbach, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Sigale , Attorney, Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C., Wheaton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steven H. Hazel , Kevin Benjamin Soter , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Joseph Greenlee , Attorney, FPC Action Foundation, Las Vegas, NV, for Amici Curiae Firearms Policy Coalition, FPC Action Foundation.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Wood and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Before us is a Second Amendment challenge to the federal felon-in-possession statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The appeal reaches us in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, ___ U.S. ___, 142 S.Ct. 2111, 213 L.Ed.2d 387 (2022). That development is significant...

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