CALIFORNIA v. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS

Case No. 20-cv-06761-EMC.

718 F.Supp.3d 1060 (2024)

State of CALIFORNIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed February 26, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Matthew Wise, Office of the Attorney General Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, Sean Clinton Woods, Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA, Scott Alan Edelmen, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff State of California.

Avi Weitzman, Pro Hac Vice, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY, Lee Crain, Pro Hac Vice, Liesel Schapira, Erica Payne, Pro Hac Vice, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, David M. Pucino, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, New York, NY, Jillian Nicole London, Scott Alan Edelman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs Bryan Muehlberger, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Avi Weitzman, Pro Hac Vice, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY, Lee Crain, Pro Hac Vice, Liesel Schapira, Erica Payne, Pro Hac Vice, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, Jillian Nicole London, Scott Alan Edelman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff Frank Blackwell.

George M. Lee, Seiler Epstein LLP, San Francisco, CA, Cody James Wisniewski, FPC Action FoundationLas Vegas, NV, Erin M. Erhardt, Pro Hac Vice, National Rifle Association, Fairfax, VA, for Intervenors Zachary Fort, Frederick Barton, BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc., Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc.

Germain Labat, Los Angeles, CA, James J. McGuire, Pro Hac Vice, Mark Berube, Barton LLP, New York, NY, for Intervenor Polymer80, Inc.

Jeremy S. B. Newman, Martin Tomlinson, DOJ-Civ, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Bradley Craigmyle, Office of General Counsel, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Daniel Martin Riess, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

Eric Joseph Soskin, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Jeremy S. B. Newman, Martin Tomlinson, DOJ-Civ, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Bradley Craigmyle, Office of General Counsel, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Daniel Martin Riess, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant United States Department of Justice.

Jeremy S. B. Newman, Martin Tomlinson, DOJ-Civ, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Daniel Martin Riess, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants Merrick Garland, Steven Dettelbach.

Jeremy S. B. Newman, Martin Tomlinson, DOJ-Civ, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for Defendant Daniel Hoffman.

Alacoque Hinga Nevitt, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Amicus District of Columbia.

Kathleen R. Hartnett, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; AND GRANTING IN PAT AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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