Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 2, 2023
Full 9th Circuit agrees to consider gun magazine law
9th Circuit Judge Patrick J. Bumatay, an appointee of President Donald Trump, called the en banc panel’s decision “unprecedented” and Judge Lawrence VanDyke – another Trump appointee – questioned whether the en banc panel should have the case in the first place, raising questions about possible violations of court rules.
In what could be a key victory for the state of California’s bid to preserve its law banning large capacity gun magazines, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel has agreed to decide the matter and extended an administrative stay of a lower court judge’s injunction blocking it.
That’s significant because the panel, dominated by appointees of Democratic presidents, previously reversed Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez’s...
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