Pena v. Horan
Petition for certiorari denied on June 15, 2020
Issue: Whether California’s
Unsafe Handgun Act violates the Second Amendment by banning
handguns of the kind in common use for traditional
lawful purposes.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- After long wait, court spurns gun-rights challenges (Amy Howe, June 15, 2020)
- Sequel Watch (John Elwood, June 10, 2020)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood, June 3, 2020)
- Relist Watch: Looking for the living among the dead (John Elwood, May 27, 2020)
- Status Quo Watch (John Elwood, May 19, 2020)
- Relist Watch: And then there were guns (John Elwood, May 11, 2020)
- After ruling in New York gun rights case, more Second Amendment cases set for Friday conference (Amy Howe, April 28, 2020)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Aug 16 2018 | Application (18A178) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Aug 20 2018 | Application (18A178) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 31, 2018. |
| Dec 28 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2019) |
| Jan 11 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 4, 2019 to March 6, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 16 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 6, 2019. |
| Feb 01 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Second Amendment Law, et al. filed. |
| Feb 04 2019 | Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed. |
| Feb 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
| Feb 04 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Mar 06 2019 | Brief of respondent Martin Horan, Director, California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms in opposition filed. |
| Mar 18 2019 | Reply of petitioners Ivan Pena, et al. filed. |
| Mar 20 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019. |
| Apr 27 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020. |
| May 11 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020. |
| May 18 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020. |
| May 22 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020. |
| Jun 01 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020. |
| Jun 08 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020. |
| Jun 15 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
