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  • John Balazs is an attorney in Sacramento, California, specializing in criminal defense, including appeals, habeas corpus, pardons, expungements, and civil forfeiture actions. After graduating from UCLA Law School in 1989, he clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. John was an Assistant Federal Defender in Fresno and Sacramento from 1992-2001. Please email EDCA items of interest to Balazslaw@gmail.com. Follow me on twitter @balazslaw.

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December 10, 2013

EDCA Court: 10-Day Gun Waiting Period Potentially Unconstitutional

Thanks to the legal blog Volokh Conspiracy, I spotted Judge Ishii's order denying California's motion for summary judgment in a case raising constitutional challenges to California's 10-day gun waiting period in Silvester v. Harris, No. 1:11-CV-2137-AWI (E.D. Cal. Dec. 9, 2013).

UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh's blog post excerpts the portion of the opinion that suggests the waiting period may violate the Second Amendment and quotes from his law review article on the topic.

Posted by at 09:03 AM in Firearm Cases, Judge Ishii, Anthony W. , Second Amendment |

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