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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IVAN PEÑA, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

STEPHEN LINDLEY, in his official 

capacity as Chief of the California 

Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:09-CV-01185-KJM-CKD 

ORDER 

 The parties’ cross motions for summary judgment are pending before the court. 

Pls.’ Mot. Summ. J. at 1, ECF No. 61; Def.’s Mot. Summ. J. at 1, ECF No. 55. Having 

carefully considered the parties’ arguments in light of the current record, the court finds the 

record insufficient to render judgment, and so directs the parties to provide supplemental 

briefing on two issues: (1) whether the microstamping requirement, CAL. PENAL CODE § 

31910(b)(7)(A), of the California Unsafe Handgun Act (“UHA”) amounts to a de facto ban of 

unrostered weapons to which the requirement applies, and if not, the extent of the 

requirement’s burden on Second Amendment rights; and (2) whether a reasonable fit exists 

between the UHA’s testing requirements, id. §§ 31910(a)–(b)(6), particularly the similar-gun 

exception, id. § 32030, and the statute’s purposes. Simultaneous briefs, not to exceed twenty 

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pages each, and any factual support therefor are due within thirty days of the filing of this 

order. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 5, 2014. 

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