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BATFE lawsuit info – Monday August 01, 2011
As many of you may have heard, the BATFE has sent a demand letter to all the licensed firearms dealers in the four border states of Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Texas. This letter requires these dealers to report to the BATFE the names and addresses and serial numbers of all purchases of more than one semi-automatic rifle, with a detachable magazine, over 22 caliber, within a 5 business day period.

The BATF and Department of Justice has made this demand with no Congressional authorization and therefore, J and G Sales has filed suit in the Washington DC federal court challenging the legitimacy of this new regulation. We are being assisted in this law suit by the NRA as well. We hope the outcome of our challenge will be a reversal of this unconstitutional regulation for all border state FFL dealers. We appreciate our customers and your support of the 2nd amendment and will keep you all updated as this case progresses.

This new regulation goes into effect for all purchases that occur on or after August 14th, 2011. The BATFE has issued a new form 3310.12 that FFL dealers have to fill out and return to the BATFE starting on this date and going forward until this is hopefully reversed.

Case details

Court:	dcd
Docket #:	1:11-cv-01401
Case Name:	NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. v. MELSON
PACER case #:	149464
Date filed:	2011-08-03
Date of last filing:	2011-10-25
Assigned to:	Judge Rosemary M. Collyer
Case Cause:	05:702 Administrative Procedure Act
Nature of Suit:	890 Other Statutory Actions
Jury Demand:	None
Jurisdiction:	U.S. Government Defendant

Parties

Represented Party	Attorney & Contact Info
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. Plaintiff	Andrew A. Lothson SWANSON, MARTIN & BELL, LLP 330 North Wabash Avenue Suite 3300 Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 923-8274 Email: alothson@smbtrials.com PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED James B. Vogts SWANSON, MARTIN & BELL, LLP 330 North Wabash Avenue Suite 3300 Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 923-8266 Email: jvogts@smbtrials.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Vincent Edward Verrocchio VENABLE LLP 575 Seventh Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 344-4496 Fax: (202) 344-8300 Email: veverrocchio@venable.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
KENNETH MELSON Defendant Acting Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms & Explosives	Daniel Riess U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 (202) 353-3098 Fax: (202) 616-8460 Email: daniel.riess@usdoj.gov LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Lesley R. Farby U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Federal Programs 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 (202) 514-3481 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Email: lesley.farby@usdoj.gov LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Jessica Beth Leinwand U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Federal Programs 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 7107 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 305-8628 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Email: jessica.b.leinwand@usdoj.gov ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
J&G SALES, LTD. Plaintiff	Richard E Gardiner 3925 Chain Bridge Road Suite 403 Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 352-7276 Fax: (703) 359-0938 Email: regardiner@cox.net ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Stephen Porter Halbrook 3925 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 403 Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 352-7276 Fax: (703) 359-0938 Email: protell@aol.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
FOOTHILLS FIREARMS, LLC Plaintiff	Richard E Gardiner (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Stephen Porter Halbrook (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE Movant	Steven G. Reade ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 555 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 942-5678 Fax: (202) 942-5999 Email: Steven_Reade@aporter.com LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Documents

Date Filed	Document #	Attachment #	Short Description	Long Description	Upload date	SHA1 hash
2011-08-03	1	0	Complaint	COMPLAINT against KENNETH MELSON ( Filing fee $ 350, receipt number 4616041135) filed by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(rdj) (Entered: 08/04/2011)	2011-08-04 15:12:47	c4726b83788a55a26da970a6d86dd32cbb5b86cd
	1	1	Civil Cover Sheet
2011-08-03	2	0	LCvR 7.1 Certificate of Disclosure – Corporate Affiliations/Financial Interests	LCvR 7.1 CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interests by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. identifying Corporate Parent NONE for NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. (rdj) (Entered: 08/04/2011)
2011-08-10	3	0	Notice of Appearance	NOTICE of Appearance by Daniel Riess on behalf of KENNETH MELSON (Riess, Daniel) (Entered: 08/10/2011)
2011-08-10	4	0	Notice of Related Case	NOTICE OF RELATED CASE by KENNETH MELSON. Case related to Case No. 11cv1402. (Attachments: # 1 J & G Sales v Melson Complaint)(Riess, Daniel) (Entered: 08/10/2011)	2011-08-17 21:07:26	582bd0b2c75bb260b25e62088c344f7b1b7a1f12
	4	1	J & G Sales v Melson Complaint
2011-08-11	5	0	Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice	Unopposed MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice :Attorney Name- Lawrence Keane, :Firm- National Shooting Sports Foundation, :Address- 11 Mile Hill Road, Newton, Connecticut. Phone No. – 203-426-1320. Fax No. – 203-426-1087 by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Affidavit of Lawrence G. Keane, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Verrocchio, Vincent) (Entered: 08/11/2011)
2011-08-11	6	0	Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice	Unopposed MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice :Attorney Name- Andrew Lothson, :Firm- Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, :Address- 330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 3300, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Phone No. – 312-923-8274. Fax No. – 312-321-0990 by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Affidavit of Andrew Lothson, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Verrocchio, Vincent) (Entered: 08/11/2011)
2011-08-11	7	0	Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice	Unopposed MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice :Attorney Name- James Vogts, :Firm- Swanson, Martin & Bell LLC, :Address- 330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 3300, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Phone No. – 312-923-8266. Fax No. – 312-321-0990 by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Affidavit of James Vogts, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Verrocchio, Vincent) (Entered: 08/11/2011)
2011-08-15	8	0	Notice of Appearance	NOTICE of Appearance by Lesley R. Farby on behalf of KENNETH MELSON (Farby, Lesley) (Entered: 08/15/2011)
2011-08-15	9	0	Motion to Consolidate Cases	Unopposed MOTION to Consolidate Cases by KENNETH MELSON (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Farby, Lesley) (Entered: 08/15/2011)	2011-08-17 21:11:28	f6e001507c40e5efc55a8f3d8828e5bf5943c972
	9	1	Memorandum in Support		2011-08-17 21:12:35	7616936621ec103598a4ad72224cff2d759905e1
	9	2	Text of Proposed Order
2011-08-18	10	0	Order on Motion to Consolidate Cases	ORDER granting 9 Defendant’s unopposed Motion to Consolidate Cases. This case is consolidated with 11-cv-1402. All filing shall be made in the lower case number. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 8/18/2011. (KD) (Entered: 08/18/2011)	2011-09-02 17:23:54	387fe2272bcb27cd42a843283094b2265f18d6b6
2011-08-22	11	0	Motion for Preliminary Injunction	MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction, # 2 Text of Proposed Order, # 3 Declaration of James B. Vogts, # 4 Exhibit A — Statement of Matt French)(Vogts, James) (Entered: 08/22/2011)	2011-08-22 14:06:50	004d57d8045bfa5cf9d558eb896412003f73eb1f
	11	1	Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction		2011-08-22 17:13:25	88f858d19c8b356279518da49d5420d7237fa0fa
	11	2	Text of Proposed Order		2011-08-22 17:18:41	81ec6472265a86dd194de2b0e482c8c9e085dfa0
	11	3	Declaration of James B. Vogts		2011-08-22 17:13:57	062fc62d6e1206ab7e44b90ecb1a08815494643c
	11	4	Exhibit A — Statement of Matt French		2011-08-22 17:15:45	85b9d92c61048f958325318bb006f80969b67e06
2011-08-23	12	0	Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply	MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 11 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction and for Entry of a Briefing Schedule by KENNETH MELSON (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order, # 2 Exhibit 1)(Farby, Lesley) (Entered: 08/23/2011)	2011-08-24 02:47:10	8450487f63a10dfe36614846adf4e0e340bdc43c
	12	1	Text of Proposed Order		2011-08-24 02:45:36	fa595068477d080e240931837ad0f622d46a1c66
	12	2	Exhibit 1		2011-08-24 02:45:55	62b0dc9bbcf7fc900b59d03cdf88fa1c54ded4db
2011-08-23	13	0	Memorandum in Opposition	Memorandum in opposition to re 12 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 11 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction and for Entry of a Briefing Schedule filed by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC.. (Vogts, James) (Entered: 08/23/2011)	2011-08-24 02:49:51	52d3b8cff544e7bf3fdd69de450872cb7c18fdd5
2011-08-24	14	0	Notice of Proposed Order	NOTICE of Proposed Order by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. re 13 Memorandum in Opposition (Vogts, James) (Entered: 08/24/2011)	2011-08-24 18:01:28	8acfca219a73b9c19c107a05018ec7ef9cbc8a0c
2011-08-24	15	0	Reply to opposition to Motion	REPLY to opposition to motion re 12 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 11 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction and for Entry of a Briefing Schedule filed by KENNETH MELSON. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Riess, Daniel) (Entered: 08/24/2011)	2011-08-24 18:03:51	dac8824ec2d7d95eeac1afc8b5e1f8205587eb4e
	15	1	Exhibit		2011-08-25 02:42:40	2ff5c2e619ff7b3571bbaf7a7c31f071acc37842
2011-08-26	16	0	Motion for Preliminary Injunction	MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by FOOTHILLS FIREARMS, LLC, J&G SALES, LTD. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Of Brad DeSeye, # 2 Affidavit Of Benjamin Suissa, # 3 Text of Proposed Order)(Gardiner, Richard) (Entered: 08/26/2011)	2011-08-27 21:30:24	4ebaae7043001628dfacc4425ab270cc20a47984
	16	1	Affidavit Of Brad DeSeye
	16	2	Affidavit Of Benjamin Suissa
	16	3	Text of Proposed Order
2011-08-26	17	0	Motion to Expedite	MOTION to Expedite Hearing On Application For Preliminary Injunction by FOOTHILLS FIREARMS, LLC, J&G SALES, LTD. (Gardiner, Richard) (Entered: 08/26/2011)	2011-08-30 02:08:38	a083e4f850f5af11b0a867b14855c008b9803c16
2011-08-29	18	0	Notice of Appearance	NOTICE of Appearance by Jessica Beth Leinwand on behalf of KENNETH MELSON (Leinwand, Jessica) (Entered: 08/29/2011)
2011-08-29	19	0	Memorandum in Opposition	Memorandum in opposition to re 17 MOTION to Expedite Hearing On Application For Preliminary Injunction filed by KENNETH MELSON. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Leinwand, Jessica) (Entered: 08/29/2011)	2011-08-30 02:09:22	eaf80649d3f1025cc0e14855f90d1d71e4806e20
	19	1	Exhibit 1		2011-08-30 02:11:31	ded6febd38aedc87d72070462c6a8e1184973b14
	19	2	Text of Proposed Order		2011-08-30 02:12:23	e7e1573d5dc23fa540dc738054518a5e43059be4
2011-08-31	20	0	Reply to opposition to Motion	REPLY to opposition to motion re 17 MOTION to Expedite Hearing On Application For Preliminary Injunction filed by FOOTHILLS FIREARMS, LLC, J&G SALES, LTD.. (Gardiner, Richard) (Entered: 08/31/2011)	2011-09-01 19:45:32	79ede42c859ec74299dca0cef66de23b0dc69713
2011-09-02	21	0	Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction	ORDER denying 11 Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by The National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.; denying 16 the Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by J & G Sales, Ltd. and Foothills Firearms, LLC; and setting a schedule as follows: Defendant shall file the administrative record by September 12, 2011 and a motion for summary judgment by September 23, 2011; Plaintiffs shall respond by October 12, 2011 at noon; and Defendant may reply by October 21, 2011 at noon. A summary judgment motion hearing is set for October 25, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 9/2/2011. (KD) (Entered: 09/02/2011)	2011-09-02 17:27:38	d14ddbf02fad9ea93a8630a9b311ba519ee3225e
2011-09-12	22	0	Notice (Other)	NOTICE of Filing of Administrative Record by KENNETH MELSON (Attachments: # 1 Certification of Administrative Record, # 2 Index of Administrative Record, # 3 ATF AR 0001 – 0168, # 4 ATF AR 0169 – 0235, # 5 ATF AR 0236 – 0387, # 6 ATF AR 0388 – 0696, # 7 ATF AR 0697 – 0779)(Farby, Lesley) (Entered: 09/12/2011)	2011-09-27 23:50:26	147ad8e6f8c723f0aab69e73c5952072bab7a627
	22	1	Certification of Administrative Record		2011-09-27 23:50:53	e8a870076de02a7cef6dae48e6d43b7f9df43c16
	22	2	Index of Administrative Record		2011-09-27 23:51:28	5b400e3e1f05ceb0d57629a1016c6894ad58d8ea
	22	3	ATF AR 0001 – 0168		2011-09-27 23:55:58	c95bd3ba560991e00ec0fd34003e5d1e3c8e1c38
	22	4	ATF AR 0169 – 0235		2011-09-27 23:56:50	e3343812f4ab665c894574fc31744e58ea068ed5
	22	5	ATF AR 0236 – 0387		2011-09-27 23:59:49	51778a6ab92a3df30a726c70132678cc2b4e876f
	22	6	ATF AR 0388 – 0696		2011-09-28 00:02:49	9e9f2d4341b31ca15b2ff88951b1a3555b4d58a5
	22	7	ATF AR 0697 – 0779		2011-09-28 00:04:11	4ed071eefe9ce0a9d2d359436e60f126437372a7
2011-09-16	23	0	Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages	Unopposed MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages for Motion for Summary Judgment by KENNETH MELSON (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Riess, Daniel) (Entered: 09/16/2011)	2011-09-28 00:04:26	dcbacd4a4ff71902306989591dc8eaaa1337a9b4
	23	1			2011-09-28 00:05:03	e6920134c0795d4ba24fc51c7d5c44f791fca4cc
2011-09-23	24	0	Motion for Summary Judgment	MOTION for Summary Judgment by KENNETH MELSON (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit 3, # 5 Statement of Facts, # 6 Text of Proposed Order)(Riess, Daniel) (Entered: 09/23/2011)	2011-09-28 00:05:21	12196f75cc813549041c6c45620f85192bfb7b4c
	24	1			2011-09-28 00:05:44	35a2aa4d9b440e66b6bea4244b542e8290d48bbd
	24	2			2011-09-28 00:07:42	d1eff9d03022dadf72cbc6a088baf8ad4a8bb548
	24	3			2011-09-28 00:06:59	5b9f545f57f15f3ce3b7e493d86cc887da681352
	24	4			2011-09-28 00:08:27	ded1b4e1da892a126841db7f92b14c60361b4ac9
	24	5			2011-09-28 00:08:45	7625a16c0648638e3cd4f65a473271a5f5f37940
	24	6			2011-09-28 00:10:13	aa2c0b01cf37659b8f9c3450df14608575b5aed3
2011-09-27	25	0	Motion for Leave to File	MOTION for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae by BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order, # 2 Proposed Amicus Brief)(znmw, ) (Entered: 09/27/2011)	2011-09-28 00:10:33	b14103e2b0730edc799f2d668f0a5040bf9f9381
	25	1			2011-09-28 00:11:39	1905240df3b32a5ab658a2530aae6de496a8c7d4
	25	2			2011-09-28 00:11:55	a9c85d071a78a1606cc917eed510266865e0e7e9
2011-09-27	26	0	Motion to Stay	MOTION to Stay re 24 MOTION for Summary Judgment and Expedited Discovery by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A — Affidavit of James B. Vogts)(Vogts, James) (Entered: 09/27/2011)	2011-09-28 00:13:43	961ba5c4e332868a0b19bbe22cc03c0971deeed0
	26	1			2011-09-28 00:18:17	b734be54da05f56503155bdfa9fad1824d31ed13
2011-09-28	27	0	Notice of Proposed Order
2011-09-28	28	0	Amicus Brief
2011-09-28	29	0	Motion to Strike
2011-09-28	30	0	Order on Motion to Stay
2011-10-11	31	0	Memorandum in Opposition	Memorandum in opposition to re 24 MOTION for Summary Judgment And Cross Motion For Summary Judgment filed by FOOTHILLS FIREARMS, LLC, J&G SALES, LTD.. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration Of Forrest Webb, # 2 Text of Proposed Order, # 3 Statement of Facts Response To Statement Of Material Facts)(Gardiner, Richard) (Entered: 10/11/2011)
2011-10-11	32	0	Motion to Strike	MOTION to Strike 24 MOTION for Summary Judgment Declaration of Herbert (Doc. 24-3) by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support of Motion to Strike Declaration of Herbert (Doc. 24-3), # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Vogts, James) (Entered: 10/11/2011)
2011-10-12	33	0	Memorandum in Opposition	Memorandum in opposition to re 24 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Defendant and In Support of NSSF’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment filed by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC.. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support of NSSF’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment and In Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, # 2 Statement of Facts In Opposition to Defendant’s Statement of Facts and In Support of NSSF’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, # 3 Text of Proposed Order)(Vogts, James) (Entered: 10/12/2011)
2011-10-11	34	0	Motion for Summary Judgment	Cross MOTION for Summary Judgment by FOOTHILLS FIREARMS, LLC (See Docket Entry 31 to view document. Counsel is instructed to docket the motion/opposition/reply as a separate docket entry in the future)(rdj) (Entered: 10/12/2011)
2011-10-19	35	0	Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages	Unopposed MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages by KENNETH MELSON (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Farby, Lesley) (Entered: 10/19/2011)
2011-10-21	36	0	Reply to opposition to Motion	REPLY to opposition to motion re 24 MOTION for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment filed by KENNETH MELSON. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Response to NSSF’s Statement of Material Facts)(Riess, Daniel) (Entered: 10/21/2011)
2011-10-21	37	0	Memorandum in Opposition	Memorandum in opposition to re 34 MOTION for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to NSSF’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 33] filed by KENNETH MELSON. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Response to NSSF’s Statement of Material Facts)(Riess, Daniel) (Entered: 10/21/2011)
2011-11-01	38	0		REPLY to opposition to motion re 34 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by FOOTHILLS FIREARMS, LLC, J&G SALES, LTD.. (Gardiner, Richard) (Entered: 11/01/2011)	2011-11-01 19:25:09	7d247f2c343ce9e32515ad1ac82aafc7014a1699
2011-11-01	39	0		SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM to re 33 Memorandum in Opposition,, and in Reply in support of NSSF’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment filed by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC.. (Vogts, James) (Entered: 11/01/2011)	2011-11-01 19:33:56	45ef772f9200460281912b9cc9f78799f48157c7

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