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Duncan v. Bonta

Petition for a writ of certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-1194 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

Issues: (1) Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates the Second Amendment; (2) whether a law dispossessing citizens without compensation of property that was lawfully acquired and long possessed without incident violates the takings clause; and (3) whether the “two-step” approach that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and other lower courts apply to Second Amendment challenges is consistent with the Constitution and the Supreme Court’s precedent.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Feb 28 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2022)
Mar 09 2022Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Virginia Duncan, et al.
Mar 24 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 1, 2022 to May 2, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 25 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 2, 2022.
Mar 30 2022Brief amicus curiae of National Association for Gun Rights, Inc. filed.
Mar 31 2022Brief amicus curiae of The National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed.
Mar 31 2022Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition, et al. filed.
Apr 01 2022Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
Apr 01 2022Brief amici curiae of Twenty-Three States filed.
Apr 22 2022Brief of respondent Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, in opposition filed.
May 10 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
May 11 2022Reply of petitioners Virginia Duncan, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 29 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
Jun 30 2022Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
Aug 01 2022JUDGMENT ISSUED