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Status
of
Silveira
v. Lockyer
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page last updated: November 24, 2003
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Silveira
v. Lockyer
is currently on appeal to the United States Supreme
Court. The Justices have a Conference
on the case on November 26, 2003. We're hoping to
hear on the following Monday that they will be
hearing this lawsuit. If they do, it will be the
first time in the history of this nation that a true
Second Amendment case is argued and briefed on both
sides by competent and informed counsel.
Following
are links to the documentary history of the Silveira
lawsuit, from most recent to oldest:
| Pleading/File
(click links below to view) |
Date |
Reply
Brief of Petitioners
This is the response to the State of California's
brief opposing the Silveira petition. It
was filed just five days after California's brief
in opposition. |
October 27, 2003 |
Brief
in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari
This is the State of California's brief filed in
opposition to the Silveira petition. Their
response was filed right at their 30-day deadline. |
October 22, 2003 |
Court's
"Request" to California to Respond to
Petition for Writ of Certiorari
California waived their right to respond to the
Petition on August 7. On September 22, the Supreme
Court ordered them to respond anyway, leading many
people to believe they would probably hear the
case. |
Sept. 22, 2003 |
Amicus
Briefs from Six Gun Rights Groups in Support of
Petition
We gave a whole page to this as there are so many,
and some of them involve more than one file. |
First:
July 30, 2003
Last:
August 7, 2003 |
Petition
for Writ of Certiorari
This is the petition appealing to the United
States Supreme Court for a hearing on this true
Second Amendment case. It was intentionally filed
the day before Independence Day -- only because
the Court is closed on July 4th. |
July 3, 2003 |
Order
Denying En Banc Hearing in Ninth Circuit Court
This is the denial of a full court (en banc)
rehearing of the Silveira lawsuit. Notable
are the six dissents in support of the individual
right to keep and bear arms -- including one that
has 114 footnotes and is very well done. The above
link is our announcement page which includes the
poignant dissents. The actual order is linked from
that page. |
May 6, 2003 |
| APPEAL
FOR FULL COURT (EN BANC) HEARING |
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Amended
Opinion by Judge Reinhardt
After Mr. Kilmer's Notice, Judge Reinhardt
realized what a blunder it was to tout lying
professor Bellesiles and amended his opinion to
exclude those references. |
January 27, 2003 |
Request for Judicial Notice: Academic Fraud Committed by Authors of Authorities Cited in Silveira v. Lockyer
This was filed by Nordyke v. King attorney
Don Kilmer to notify the court that Judge
Reinhardt was citing a scoundrel. |
December 30, 2003 |
Deceitful
Anti-Second Amendment Opinion by Ninth Circuit
Judge Reinhardt
This is laughable Judge Reinhardt's uninformed and
wishful rant about how the Second Amendment
doesn't mean what it means. If you read it, you'll
note that he even went so far as to cite debunked
former Emory professor Michael Bellesiles -- the
"historian" who invented facts and was
ultimately forced to resign in disgrace. |
December 5, 2002 |
Memorandum
and Order
This is the United States District Court, Eastern
District of California agreeing that retired
police officers do not deserve extra-citizen
treatment but continuing the lie that the Second
Amendment is not a right of the People. |
December 13, 2000
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Original
Silveira v. Lockyer Complaint
This is
the original complaint filed by California
attorney Gary Gorski. It seeks to overturn
California's ban on certain semi-automatic rifles
based on the fact that the gun ban is a clear
violation of the Second Amendment to the Bill of
Rights. We're aware of certain minor problems in
the complaint, and so is Mr. Gorski -- but the
case is much larger than this complaint, as can be
seen by careful study of the Certiorari Petition. |
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Additional
Information on the Silveira v. Lockyer website:
Overview
of the Case
This page includes a synopsis of the case and its
history, the objectives of the case, statements from the
originator of the case and our relationship with him,
and our commitment to the case.
Status
of the Case
This page includes each filing in the case to date and
what comes next.
Silveira
in the News
This page includes links to media reports about Silveira
v. Lockyer.
Home
Page
The home page for Silveira v. Lockyer is http://KeepAndBearArms.com/Silveira.
"The fundraising by
KeepAndBearArms.com is essential to
Silveira v. Lockyer and has my backing
100%."
—
Gary Gorski, Attorney for Plaintiffs,
Silveira v. Lockyer
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