Opinion
No. 21-12314
07-14-2023
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, Radford Fant, Plaintiffs-Appellants. v. Pam BONDI, In her official capacity as Attorney General of Florida, et al., Defendants, Commissioner, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Defendant-Appellee.
John Parker Sweeney, Connor McCarthy Blair, Marc A. Nardone, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Washington, DC, Clifford Vincent LoCurto, The LoCurto Law Firm, PA, Tallahassee, FL, Robert Craig Mayfield, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Tampa, FL, James Wallace Porter, III, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Kenneth Wayne Sukhia, Sukhia Law Group, PLC, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Christopher John Baum, Deputy Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office, Miami, FL, Florida Attorney General Service, Henry Charles Whitaker, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellee. Jeffrey Matthew Harris, Consovoy McCarthy, PLLC, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund. Madeline B. Jenks, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Brady, Team Enough, Orange Ribbons for Gun Safety, and March for Our Lives Action Fund. Alex Hemmer, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Solicitor General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae District of Columbia, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, and State of Illinois. Darren Laverne, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund. Joseph Greenlee, FPC Action Foundation, Las Vegas, NV, for Amici Curiae FPC Action Foundation, and Firearms Policy Coalition. Michael Lyn Rice, Harrison Law, LLC, Chicago, IL, Jason S. Bell, Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Curiae National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, D.C. Docket No. 4:18-cv-00137-MW-MAF John Parker Sweeney, Connor McCarthy Blair, Marc A. Nardone, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Washington, DC, Clifford Vincent LoCurto, The LoCurto Law Firm, PA, Tallahassee, FL, Robert Craig Mayfield, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Tampa, FL, James Wallace Porter, III, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Kenneth Wayne Sukhia, Sukhia Law Group, PLC, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Christopher John Baum, Deputy Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office, Miami, FL, Florida Attorney General Service, Henry Charles Whitaker, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellee. Jeffrey Matthew Harris, Consovoy McCarthy, PLLC, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund. Madeline B. Jenks, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Brady, Team Enough, Orange Ribbons for Gun Safety, and March for Our Lives Action Fund. Alex Hemmer, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Solicitor General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae District of Columbia, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, and State of Illinois. Darren Laverne, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund. Joseph Greenlee, FPC Action Foundation, Las Vegas, NV, for Amici Curiae FPC Action Foundation, and Firearms Policy Coalition. Michael Lyn Rice, Harrison Law, LLC, Chicago, IL, Jason S. Bell, Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Curiae National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, Wilson, Jordan, Rosenbaum, Jill Pryor, Newsom, Branch, Grant, Luck, Lagoa, Brasher, and Abudu, Circuit Judges. BY THE COURT:
A petition for rehearing having been filed and a member of this Court in active service having requested a poll on whether this appeal should be reheard by the Court sitting en banc, and a majority of the judges in active service on this Court having voted in favor of granting rehearing en banc, IT IS ORDERED that this appeal will be reheard en banc. The panel's opinion is VACATED.