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Outstanding Second Amendment and Firearms Law Cert Petitions

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  • October 04, 2019

As the Supreme Court starts its new Term, with one Second Amendment case docketed (for now), it seems like a good time to review the outstanding petitions awaiting action at the Court. These petitions raise a variety of Second Amendment and firearms-related issues, including important questions of statutory interpretation and the scope of agency discretion. I’ve previously written about the recent requests for Supreme Court review (here and here) and, surprisingly or not, many of the petitions highlighted there--more than four months ago--have yet to be acted on.

Below are the petitions outstanding at the Court (sorted by date the petition was filed). Note that some of these may be resolved on Monday when orders from the Long Conference are expected.

 

Case Court Below Pet. Filed Implicated Law/Issue Status
Mance v. Barr  5th Cir. 19-Nov-18 Federal ban on out-of-state handgun purchases distributed

12-Apr-19 conference

Rogers v. Grewal  3rd Cir. 20-Dec-18 NJ “may issue” public carry regime distributed

23-May-19 conference

Pena v. Horan  9th Cir. 28-Dec-18 California’s Unsafe Handgun Act (microstamping, etc.) distributed

12-Apr-19 conference

Gould v. Lipson  1st Cir. 1-Apr-19 MA “may issue” public carry regime (as implemented locally) distributed

6-June-19 conference

Armament Services v. Barr 3d Cir. 19-June-19 What constitutes a “willful” violation of the Gun Control Act for revocation of a Federal Firearm License distributed

1-Oct-19 conference

Cheeseman v. Polillo N.J. 28-June-19 NJ “may issue” public carry regime relisted for 18-Oct-19 conference
Ciolek v. New Jersey N.J. 18-July-19 NJ “may issue” public carry regime distributed

1-Oct-19 conference

Miller v. Ferguson 9th Cir. 23-July-19 Ban on firearm possession (as sufficient restraint to invoke habeas) distributed

1-Oct-19 conference

Daniel v. Armslist Wisc. 29-July-19 Scope of immunity for gun-broker website under Communications Decency Act resp. due 18-Oct-2019
Remington Arms v. Soto Conn. 1-Aug-19 Scope of  gunmaker immunity under the Protection for Lawful Commerce in Arms Act reply due 18-Oct-2019
Guedes v. ATF D.C. Cir. 29-Aug-19 Ban on bump stocks resp. due 4-Nov-2019
Medina v. Barr D.C. Cir. 30-Aug-19 Ban on felon possession under 922(g)(1) (as applied) resp. due 4-Nov-2019
Worman v. Healey 1st Cir. 23-Sep-19 Ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines resp. due 25-Oct-19
Malpasso v. Hamilton 4th Cir. 26-Sep-19 MD “may issue” public carry regime resp. due 30-Oct-19