No. 25-24

Joshua Clay McCoy, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated as a Class, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-08
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (3)
Tags: age-restriction constitutional-rights federal-law firearms-regulation gun-purchase second-amendment
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment FourthAmendment FirstAmendment DueProcess Punishment Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2025-11-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal laws banning 18-to-20-year-olds from purchasing handguns from federally licensed dealers violate the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether federal laws banning 18-to-20-year-olds from purchasing handguns from federally licensed of the right to keep arms. 2. pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(2) constituted

Docket Entries

2025-11-07
Reply of petitioners Joshua McCoy, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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2025-11-07
Reply of Joshua McCoy, et al. submitted.
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2025-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-10-08
Brief of respondents Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. in opposition filed.
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2025-08-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 8, 2025.
2025-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 8, 2025 to October 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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2025-08-21
Motion of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. for an extension of time submitted.
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2025-08-07
Brief amicus curiae of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed.
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2025-08-07
Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
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2025-08-07
Brief amicus curiae of National Association for Gun Rights filed.
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2025-08-07
Amicus brief of State of West Virginia and 18 Other States submitted.
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2025-08-07
Amicus brief of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence submitted.
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2025-08-07
Amicus brief of National Association for Gun Rights submitted.
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2025-07-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 8, 2025, for all respondents.
2025-07-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 7, 2025 to September 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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2025-07-28
Motion of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. for an extension of time submitted.
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2025-07-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2025)
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Attorneys

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al.
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor Kaba — Hueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Madeline Brilliant Jenks — Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Amicus
Joshua McCoy, et al.
Elliott Michael Harding — Harding Counsel, PLLC, Petitioner
National Association for Gun Rights
Barry Kevin Arrington — Arrington Law Firm, Amicus
State of West Virginia and 18 Other States
Michael Ray Williams — Office of the West Virginia Attorney General, Amicus