Guns & Felons

Unanimously declining oral argument, a Ninth Circuit panel has <strong><a href="https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/memoranda/2017/11/03/17-15279.pdf">ruled</a></strong> a federal judge properly used circuit precedent in dismissing a convicted felon’s <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/nonviolent-felon-brings-gun-rights-class-action/">challenge</a> of a federal law barring him from owning a gun even though he’s been a model citizen for years.

SAN FRANCISCO – Unanimously declining oral argument, a Ninth Circuit panel has ruled a federal judge properly used circuit precedent in dismissing a convicted felon’s challenge of a federal law barring him from owning a gun even though he’s been a model citizen for years.

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights

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