WASHINGTON v. U.S. DEPT. OF STATE

No. C18-1115RSL.

420 F.Supp.3d 1130 (2019)

State of WASHINGTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

Signed November 12, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question: Violation of Constitutional Rights
Nature of Suit: 899 Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act / Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Jeffrey Todd Sprung , Kristin Beneski , Todd Richard Bowers , Zachary P. Jones , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Washington.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Maura Murphy Osborne , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff State of Connecticut.

Jeffrey Paul Dunlap , Pro Hac Vice, Julia Doyle Bernhardt , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff State of Maryland.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Jeremy M. Feigenbaum , Pro Hac Vice, New Jersey Attorney General's Office, Trenton, NJ, for Plaintiff State of New Jersey.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Steven C. Wu , Pro Hac Vice, New York Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY, for Plaintiff State of New York.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Scott J. Kaplan , Oregon Department of Justice, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff State of Oregon.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Jonathan B. Miller , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Jonathan Scott Goldman , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General's Office, Harrisburg, PA, Michael J. Fischer , Pro Hac Vice, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Andrew J. Saindon , Pro Hac Vice, Jimmy R. Rock , Pro Hac Vice, Robyn R. Bender , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff District of Columbia.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Nelson R. Richards , Pro Hac Vice, California Department of Justice Office of Attorney General, Fresno, CA, for Plaintiff State of California.

Grant T. Sullivan , Pro Hac Vice, Matthew D. Grove , Pro Hac Vice, Colorado Department of Law, Denver, CO, Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff State of Colorado.

Ilona M. Kirshon , Pro Hac Vice, Delaware Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, DE, Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Patricia Davis , Pro Hac Vice, Delaware Dept. of Justice, Dover, DE, for Plaintiff State of Delaware.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Robert T. Nakatsuji , Pro Hac Vice, Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff State of Hawaii.

Elizabeth Roberson-Young , Pro Hac Vice, Brett Legner , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff State of Illinois.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Nathanael Blake , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Iowa Attorney General, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintiff State of Iowa.

Jacob Campion , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff State of Minnesota.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Sripriya Narasimhan , Pro Hac Vice, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, NC, for Plaintiff State of North Carolina.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Justin J. Sullivan , Pro Hac Vice, Susan E. Urso , Pro Hac Vice, Rhode Island Department of Attorney General, Providence, RI, for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island.

Benjamin D. Battles , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Vermont Attorney General, Montpelier, VT, Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff State of Vermont.

Jeffrey George Rupert , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Samuel T. Towell , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA, for Plaintiff State of Virginia.

Eric Soskin , Steven A. Myers , US Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Stuart Justin Robinson , US Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants US Department of State, Michael R. Pompeo , Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Mike Miller and Sarah Heidema.

Charles R. Flores , Pro Hac Vice, Beck Redden LLP, Houston, TX, Joel B. Ard , Ard Law Group PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, Matthew Goldstein , Pro Hac Vice, Farhang & Medcoff, Tucson, AZ, for Defendant Defense Distributed.

Matthew Goldstein , Pro Hac Vice, Farhang & Medcoff, Tucson, AZ, Joel B. Ard , Ard Law Group PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, for Defendants Second Amendment Foundation, Inc. and Conn Williamson.


ORDER INVALIDATING JULY 27, 2018, TEMPORARY MODIFICATION AND LETTER

This matter comes before the Court on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. Dkt. #170, #173, and #174. Plaintiffs seek a summary determination that the federal defendants violated the Administrative Procedures...

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