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Docket for 23A82

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No. 23A82
Title:	Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al., Applicants v. Jennifer Vanderstok, et al.
Docketed:	July 27, 2023

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(23-10718)
Decision Date:
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Jul 27 2023	Application (23A82) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.
	Proof of Service Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions
Jul 28 2023	Order issued by Justice Alito: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, it is ordered that the June 30, 2023 order and July 5, 2023 final judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, case No. 4:22-cv-691, are hereby administratively stayed until 5 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, August 4, 2023. It is further ordered that any response to the application be filed on or before Wednesday, August 2, 2023, by 5 p.m. (EDT).

Jul 29 2023	Brief amicus curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
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Aug 01 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Gun Violence Prevention Groups filed.
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Aug 02 2023	Response to application from respondent Jennifer VanDerStok, Michael G. Andren, Tactical Machining, Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. filed.
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Aug 02 2023	Response to application from respondent BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. d/b/a 80 Percent Arms filed.
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Aug 02 2023	Response to application from respondent Defense Distributed; Second Amendment Foundation, Inc.; Not An LLC, LLC, doing business as JSD Supply filed.
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Aug 02 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc. filed.
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Aug 03 2023	Reply of applicant Merrick B. Garland, et al. filed.
	Proof of Service Reply
Aug 04 2023	Order issued by Justice Alito: Upon further consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, the responses, and the reply filed thereto, it is ordered that the stay issued on July 28, 2023, is hereby extended until 5 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

Aug 08 2023	Application (23A82) referred to the Court.

Aug 08 2023	Application (23A82) for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted. The June 30, 2023 order and July 5, 2023 judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, case No. 4:22-cv-691, insofar as they vacate the final rule of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 87 Fed. Reg. 24652 (April 26, 2022), are stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Kavanaugh would deny the application for stay.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record	Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV	202-514-2217
Party name: Merrick B. Garland, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Charles Randall Flores Counsel of Record	Flores Law PLLC 917 Franklin Street Suite 600 Houston, TX 77002 cf@chadfloreslaw.com	713-893-9444
Party name: Defense Distributed
Charles Randall Flores	Flores Law PLLC 917 Franklin Street Suite 600 Houston, TX 77002 cf@chadfloreslaw.com	713-893-9444
Party name: Second Amendment Foundation, Inc.
Michael James Sullivan Counsel of Record	Ashcroft Law Firm, LLC 200 State Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02109 msullivan@ashcroftlawfirm.com	6175739400
Party name: BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. d/b/a 80 Percent Arms
David H. Thompson Counsel of Record	Cooper & Kirk, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 DTHOMPSON@COOPERKIRK.COM	202-220-9600
Party name: Jennifer VanDerStok, Michael G. Andren, Tactical Machining, Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc.
Charles Randall Flores Counsel of Record	Flores Law PLLC 917 Franklin Street Suite 600 Houston, TX 77002 cf@chadfloreslaw.com	713-893-9444
Party name: Defense Distributed; Second Amendment Foundation, Inc.; Not An LLC, LLC, doing business as JSD Supply
Other
Caroline Sage Van Zile Counsel of Record	Attorney General for the District of Columbia Office of the Solicitor General 400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100 Washington, DC 20001 caroline.vanzile@dc.gov	(202) 724-6609
Party name: District of Columbia et al.
Kathleen Roberta Hartnett Counsel of Record	Cooley LLP 3 Embarcadero Center 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 KHARTNETT@COOLEY.COM	(415) 693-2071
Party name: Gun Violence Prevention Groups
Stephen Joseph Obermeier Counsel of Record	Wiley Rein LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 SOBERMEIER@WILEY.LAW	(202) 719-7465
Party name: Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc.