Pena v. Horan

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
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.

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