No. 23-62
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Scott A. Hardin
Relisted (3)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-law atf-rule automatic-weapon bump-stock due-process firearms-regulation machinegun-definition mass-shootings second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2024-06-20
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a bump stock device is a "machinegun" as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) because it is designed and intended for use in converting a rifle into a machinegun, i.e., into a weapon that fires "automatically more than one shot * * * by a single function of the trigger."
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a bump stock device is a 'machinegun' as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b)
Docket Entries
2024-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
2023-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
2023-10-05
Reply of petitioners Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-10-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
2023-09-20
Brief of respondent Scott A. Hardin in support filed.
2023-08-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 20, 2023.
2023-08-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 21, 2023 to September 20, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-07-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2023)
Attorneys
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al.
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Petitioner
Scott A. Hardin
Jason Todd Hardin — Hardin Law PLLC, Respondent