Punch and Jurists: January 20, 2014

Volume 21, Number 1

In this issue:

Patel v. City of Los Angeles., No. 08-56567 (9th Cir.) (758 F.3d 1058) (December 24, 2013) (Judge Paul J. Watford) (p None)
U.S. v. Pickard, No. 12-3142 (10th Cir.) (733 F.3d 1297) (November 5, 2013) (Judge David M. Ebel) (p None)
U.S. v. Laughlin, No. 12-cr-30081 (C.D.Ill.) (942 F.Supp.2d 859) (April 23, 2013) (Judge Richard Mills) (p None)
New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Cuomo, No. 13-cv-291S (W.D.N.Y.) (990 F.Supp.2d 348) (December 31, 2013) (Judge William M. Skretny) (p None)
Abidor v. Napolitano, No. 10-CV-4059 (ERK) (JMA) (E.D.N.Y.) (990 F.Supp.2d 260) (December 31, 2013) (Judge Edward R. Korman) (p None)
Klayman v. Obama, No. 1:13-cv-0851 (D.D.C.) (957 F.Supp.2d 1) (December 16, 2013) (Judge Richard J. Leon) (p None)
ACLU v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, No. 11 Civ. 3786 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y.) (973 F.Supp.2d 306) (September 9, 2013) (Judge Richard M. Berman) (p None)
A.C.L.U. v. Clapper, No. 13 Civ. 3994 (WHP) (S.D.N.Y.) (959 F.Supp.2d 724) (December 27, 2013) (Judge William H. III Pauley) (p None)
Drake v. Filko, No. 12-1150 (3rd Cir.) (724 F.3d 426) (July 31, 2013) (Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert) (p None)
Illiinos Assc. Of Firearms Retailers v. The City of Chicago, No. 10 C 04184 (N.D.Ill.) (961 F.Supp.2d 928) (January 6, 2014) (Judge Edmund E. Chang) (p None)

Patel v. City of Los Angeles., No. 08-56567 (9th Cir.) (758 F.3d 1058) (December 24, 2013) (Judge Paul J. Watford)

Loaded on Jan. 20, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists January 20, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Hotel Guests.

In the 07/23/12 issue of P&J, we noted an interesting decision from the Ninth Circuit in which a divided panel held that a Los Angeles municipal code, LAMC §41.49, which required hotel operators to maintain certain guest registry information and to make that information available to the police on request …

U.S. v. Pickard, No. 12-3142 (10th Cir.) (733 F.3d 1297) (November 5, 2013) (Judge David M. Ebel)

Loaded on Jan. 20, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists January 20, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Failure to Consider.

In 2003, a jury convicted Defendants/Appellants William Pickard and Clyde Apperson of several drug offenses. At the trial, one of Defendants' accomplices, Gordon Todd Skinner, testified against them. Skinner had acted as a confidential informant for the DEA during part of the time that he was involved with Defendants in …

U.S. v. Laughlin, No. 12-cr-30081 (C.D.Ill.) (942 F.Supp.2d 859) (April 23, 2013) (Judge Richard Mills)

Loaded on Jan. 20, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists January 20, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Disclosure Obligations.

New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Cuomo, No. 13-cv-291S (W.D.N.Y.) (990 F.Supp.2d 348) (December 31, 2013) (Judge William M. Skretny)

Loaded on Jan. 20, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists January 20, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists.

NYSRPA v. Cuomo, No. 13-cv-291S (W.D.N.Y. Dec. 31, 2013)
Illinois Ass’n of Firearms Retailers v. City of Chicago, No. 10 C 04184 (N.D.Il. Jan. 6, 2014)
Drake v. Filko, 724 F.3d 426 (3rd Cir. July 31, 2013)

As evidenced by the incessant stream of lawsuits filed by pro-gun groups challenging …

Abidor v. Napolitano, No. 10-CV-4059 (ERK) (JMA) (E.D.N.Y.) (990 F.Supp.2d 260) (December 31, 2013) (Judge Edward R. Korman)

Loaded on Jan. 20, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists January 20, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Reasonable Suspicion.

In 2010, a group of plaintiffs, including The American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ("NACDL") filed a lawsuit challenging regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) permitting border agents to search, copy and detain travelers' electronic devices at the border without …

Klayman v. Obama, No. 1:13-cv-0851 (D.D.C.) (957 F.Supp.2d 1) (December 16, 2013) (Judge Richard J. Leon)

Loaded on Jan. 20, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists January 20, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, NSA Domestic Spying Program.

Klayman v. Obama, 957 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. Dec. 16, 2013) (Judge Richard Leon)
A.C.L.U. v. Clapper, 959 F.Supp.2d 724 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 27, 2013) (Judge William Pauley, III)

Ever since Edward Snowden released a trove of documents detailing the massive, deeply embedded and unfettered scope of the NSA’s domestic spying program, …

ACLU v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, No. 11 Civ. 3786 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y.) (973 F.Supp.2d 306) (September 9, 2013) (Judge Richard M. Berman)

Loaded on Jan. 20, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists January 20, 2014

Filed under: Punch And Jurists.

In this surprisingly blunt FOIA decision, the Court openly chastized two Governmemt agencies for dragging their heels in responding to long-standing requests for information regarding non-American detainees waiting for deportation.

On June 3, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") filed a complaint against the United States Department of Homeland …