Case 2:09-cv-01185-KJM-CKD Document 61 Filed 10/25/13 Page 1 of 2 1 Alan Gura, Calif. Bar No.: 178221 Gura & Possessky, PLLC 2 101 N. Columbus St., Suite 405 3 Alexandria, VA 22314 703.835.9085/Fax 703.997.7665 4 5 Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr., Calif. Bar No.: 179986 Law Offices of Donald Kilmer, A.P.C. 6 1645 Willow Street, Suite 150 San Jose, CA 95125 7 408.264.8489/Fax 408.264.8487 8 Jason A. Davis, Calif. Bar No.: 224250 9 Davis & Associates 27201 Puerta Real, Suite 300 10 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 11 949.310.0817/Fax 949.288.6894 12 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 Ivan Peña, et al., ) Case No. 2:09-CV-01185-KJM-CKD 15 ) 16 Plaintiffs, ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION ) FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 17 v. ) [Fed. R. Civ. P. 56] ) 18 Stephen Lindley ) 19 ) Defendant. ) 20 __________________________________ ) 21 22 TO DEFENDANTS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 23 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on November 22, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. or as soon 24 thereafter as the matter may be heard, in Courtroom 3 (15th Floor) of the United 25 State District Court for the Eastern California, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 26 27 95814 Plaintiffs Ivan Peña, Roy Vargas, Doña Croston, Brett Thomas, the Second 28 Amendment Foundation, Inc., and the Calguns Foundation, Inc., by and through Notice of Motion, Motion for Summary Judgment 1 Peña v. Lindley Case 2:09-cv-01185-KJM-CKD Document 61 Filed 10/25/13 Page 2 of 2 1 undersigned counsel, will move this Honorable Court to enter a summary judgment 2 in their favor and against Defendant pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 56. 3 Plaintiffs move for entry of summary judgment on all claims as the material 4 5 facts in this case are not in dispute, and Defendant’s challenged customs, practices 6 and policies violate Plaintiffs’ rights under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments 7 to the United States Constitution. 8 This motion is based upon this notice of motion and motion, the attached 9 memorandum of points and authorities, exhibits, declarations, separate statement 10 11 of undisputed facts, any material in the Court’s files, and any other relevant matter 12 to be considered by the Court. 13 Dated: October 25, 2013 Respectfully submitted, 14 Alan Gura, Cal. Bar No.: 178221 Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr., Cal. Bar No. 179986 15 Gura & Possessky, PLLC Law Offices of Donald Kilmer, A.P.C. 16 101 N. Columbus St., Suite 405 1645 Willow Street, Suite 150 Alexandria, VA 22314 San Jose, CA 95125 17 703.835.9085/Fax 703.997.7665 408.264.8489/Fax 408.264.8487 [email protected] Don @DKLawOffice.com 18 19 /s/ Alan Gura /s/ Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr. Alan Gura Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr. 20 Jason A. Davis, Cal. Bar No.: 224250 21 Davis & Associates 22 27201 Puerta Real, Suite 300 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 23 949.310.0817/Fax 949.288.6894 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 24 25 26 27 28 Notice of Motion, Motion for Summary Judgment 2 Peña v. Lindley Case 2:09-cv-01185-KJM-CKD Document 61-1 Filed 10/25/13 Page 1 of 36 1 Alan Gura, Calif. Bar No.: 178221 Gura & Possessky, PLLC 2 101 N. Columbus St., Suite 405 3 Alexandria, VA 22314 703.835.9085/Fax 703.997.7665 4 Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr., Calif. Bar No.: 179986 5 Law Offices of Donald Kilmer, A.P.C. 6 1645 Willow Street, Suite 150 San Jose, CA 95125 7 408.264.8489/Fax 408.264.8487 8 Jason A. Davis, Calif. Bar No.: 224250 9 Davis & Associates 27201 Puerta Real, Suite 300 10 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 949.310.0817/Fax 949.288.6894 11 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 Ivan Peña, et al., ) Case No. 2:09-CV-01185-KJM-CKD 15 ) Plaintiffs, ) PLAINTIFFS’ MEMORANDUM OF 16 ) POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN v. ) SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ 17 ) MOTION FOR SUMMARY Stephen Lindley ) JUDGMENT [Fed. R. Civ. P. 56] 18 ) 19 Defendant. ) __________________________________ ) 20 21 Come now Plaintiffs Ivan Peña, Roy Vargas, Doña Croston, Brett Thomas, 22 the Second Amendment Foundation, Inc., and the Calguns Foundation, Inc., by and 23 through undersigned counsel, and submit their Memorandum of Points and 24 25 Authorities in Support of their Motion for Summary Judgment. 26 27 28 Plaintiffs’ SJ Brief 1 Peña v. Lindley Case 2:09-cv-01185-KJM-CKD Document 61-1 Filed 10/25/13 Page 2 of 36 1 Dated: October 25, 2013 Respectfully submitted, 2 Alan Gura, Cal. Bar No.: 178221 Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr., Cal. Bar No. 179986 3 Gura & Possessky, PLLC Law Offices of Donald Kilmer, A.P.C. 101 N. Columbus St., Suite 405 1645 Willow Street, Suite 150 4 Alexandria, VA 22314 San Jose, CA 95125 703.835.9085/Fax 703.997.7665 408.264.8489/Fax 408.264.8487 5 [email protected] Don @DKLawOffice.com 6 /s/ Alan Gura /s/ Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr. 7 Alan Gura Donald E.J. Kilmer, Jr. 8 Jason A. Davis, Cal. Bar No.: 224250 9 Davis & Associates 27201 Puerta Real, Suite 300 10 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 949.310.0817/Fax 949.288.6894 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiffs’ SJ Brief 2 Peña v. Lindley Case 2:09-cv-01185-KJM-CKD Document 61-1 Filed 10/25/13 Page 3 of 36 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Table of Authorities. ii 3 Introduction.. 1 4 Statement of Facts. 2 5 6 1. The Handgun Rostering Program. 2 7 a. Chamber Loaded Indicators and Magazine Disconnect Mechanisms. 3 8 9 b. Microstamping. 7 10 c. Maintenance Fees. 8 11 d. Exemptions. 9 12 2. Defendant’s Enforcement of the “Handgun Roster” Program 13 Against Plaintiffs. 10 14 Summary of Argument. 14 15 Argument.. 15 16 I. The Second Amendment Protects the Acquisition of Arms 17 of the Kind in Common Use for Traditional Lawful Purposes. 15 18 II. Defendant’s Handgun Rostering Program Violates the Second 19 Amendment By Restricting Access to Handguns of the Kind in Common Use for Traditional Lawful Purposes. 19 20 III. Defendant’s Handgun Rostering Program Violates the Fourteenth 21 Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. 24 22 Conclusion. 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiffs’ SJ Brief i Peña v. Lindley Case 2:09-cv-01185-KJM-CKD Document 61-1 Filed 10/25/13 Page 4 of 36 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 2 3 Cases 4 Andrews v. State, 50 Tenn. 165 (1871). 16 5 6 Carey v. Pop. Serv. Int’l, 431 U.S. 678 (1977). 16 7 City of Chicago v. Morales, 8 527 U.S. 41 (1999) . 28 9 City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, 10 473 U.S. 432 (1985) . 24 11 District of Columbia v. Heller, 12 554 U.S. 570 (2008). 1 13 Ezell v. City of Chicago, 651 F.3d 684 (7th Cir. 2011) . 25, 26 14 15 Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965). 16 16 Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, 17 383 U.S. 663 (1966). 24 18 Hussey v. City of Portland, 19 64 F.3d 1260 (9th Cir. 1995) . 24 20 McDonald v. City of Chicago, 21 130 S. Ct. 3020 (2010). 16, 25 22 Parker v. District of Columbia, 478 F.3d 370 (D.C. Cir. 2007). 18 23 24 Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle, 517 F.3d 738 (5th Cir. 2008). 16 25 Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia, 26 448 U.S. 555 (1980). 16 27 United States v. Carolene Products Co., 28 304 U.S. 144 (1938). 25 Plaintiffs’ SJ Brief ii Peña v. Lindley Case 2:09-cv-01185-KJM-CKD Document 61-1 Filed 10/25/13 Page 5 of 36 1 United States v. Chester, 628 F.3d 673 (4th Cir. 2010) . 26 2 3 United States v. Marzzarella, 614 F.3d 85 (3d Cir. 2010). 16 4 United States v. Masciandaro, 5 638 F.3d 458 (4th Cir. 2011). 25, 26 6 United States v. Miller, 7 307 U. S. 174 (1939). 15, 18 8 Virginia v. Am. Booksellers Ass’n, 9 484 U.S. 383 (1988) . 16 10 Williams v. Morgan, 478 F.3d 1316 (11th Cir. 2007). 16 11 12 Wilson v. County of Cook, 2012 IL 112026. 17, 19 13 14 Statutes, Rules and Regulations 15 15 U.S.C. § 7901. 16 16 15 U.S.C. § 7901(a)(1). 16 17 18 15 U.S.C. § 7901(b)(2). 16 19 15 U.S.C. §7901(b)(3). 16 20 24 DCMR § 2323.1 . 29 21 24 DCMR § 2323.2. 29 22 24 DCMR § 2323.3 . 29 23 24 27 C.F.R. § 478.11 . 27 25 Cal. Penal Code § 16380. 28 26 Cal. Penal Code § 16380(c). 12 27 Cal. Penal Code § 31910(b)(7) . 8 28 Plaintiffs’ SJ Brief ii i Peña v. Lindley Case 2:09-cv-01185-KJM-CKD Document 61-1 Filed 10/25/13 Page 6 of 36 1 Other Authorities 2 A New and Complete Law Dictionary (1771).. 17 3 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, 4 Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report, available at http://www.atf.gov/files/statistics/download/ 5 afmer/2011-final-firearms-manufacturing-export- 6 report.pdf (last visited Oct. 24, 2013).