STOKES v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. C 19-04613 WHA.

551 F.Supp.3d 993 (2021)

Easton STOKES, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, the Attorney General of California, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed July 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Sean Kelly , Attorney at Law, Vallejo, CA, for Plaintiff.

Julie Bibb Davis , United States Attorney's Office, Oakland, CA, Eric Joseph Soskin , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Sara Winslow , United States Attorney's Office Northern District of California, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants United States Department of Justice, William Barr , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Christopher A. Wray, III.

Eric Joseph Soskin , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Sara Winslow , United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants Regina Lombardo, Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Jerry T. Yen , California State Attorney General's Office, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants Xavier Becerra, State of California.


ORDER RE CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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