BAUGHCUM v. JACKSON

No. 22-13444.

92 F.4th 1024 (2024)

Christopher BAUGHCUM, Jr., Zane Meyers, Sophie Long, Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Genola JACKSON, in her individual capacity and in her official capacity as Judge of the Laurens County Probate Court, Janice D. Spires, in her individual capacity and in her official capacity as Judge of the Houston County Probate Court, Kathryn B. Martin, in her individual capacity and in her official capacity as Judge of the Lamar County Probate Court, William Hitchens, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, Chris Wright, in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: February 9, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Thompson , William V. Bergstrom , Peter A. Patterson , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, DC, John R. Monroe , John Monroe Law, PC, Dawsonville, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jason C. Waymire , Williams Morris & Waymire, LLC, Buford, GA, for Defendants-Appellees Genola Jackson, in her individual capacity and in her official capacity as Judge of the Laurens County Probate Court, Janice D. Spires, in her individual capacity and in her official capacity as Judge of the Houston County Probate Court, Kathryn B. Martin, in her individual capacity and in her official capacity as Judge of the Lamar County Probate Court.

Deborah Nolan Gore , Justin T. Golart , Georgia Department of Law, Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Appellee Chris Wright, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety

Before Wilson, Jill Pryor, and Brasher, Circuit Judges.


The question in this appeal is whether three young Georgians and the Firearms Policy Coalition can sue Georgia's Commissioner of Public Safety and several probate judges over the constitutionality of a state gun law. The three individual plaintiffs want to carry firearms, but the...

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