FRIED et al v. GARLAND et al

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Case Number:

4:22-cv-00164

Court:

Florida Northern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Judge:

ALLEN C WINSOR

Firms

  1. October 05, 2023

    11th Circ. Mulls 2nd Amendment Rights Of Pot Patients

    An Eleventh Circuit panel on Thursday pushed attorneys for the federal government and a group of Floridians to define precisely whether the federally unlawful, but state-sanctioned, use of cannabis justified stripping users of the right to bear arms.

  2. January 30, 2023

    Fla. Commish Pulls Out Of Appeal Over Pot Users' Gun Rights

    The newly-elected Commissioner of Agriculture for Florida has pulled out of an Eleventh Circuit appeal of a suit over the Second Amendment rights of medical cannabis users.

  3. November 18, 2022

    Fla. Commissioner Appeals Ruling Denying Pot Patients Guns

    Florida's commissioner of agriculture, who is suing so medical cannabis patients are able to buy firearms, is taking her claims to the Eleventh Circuit after a district court judge tossed the case, saying the government can prohibit people from owning guns who are violating federal law.

  4. November 04, 2022

    Court Tosses Fla. Pot Patients' Effort To Secure Gun Rights

    A Florida federal judge on Friday tossed a lawsuit challenging a federal rule that bars medical cannabis patients from owning firearms, saying that even if federal law enforcers are prevented from cracking down on medical marijuana, that does not make it legal.

  5. September 22, 2022

    DOJ Says Pot Still Illegal, Even If Fed Law Not Enforced

    The U.S. Department of Justice is urging a Florida federal court to throw out a suit challenging a DOJ rule that medical cannabis users don't have Second Amendment rights, saying that even if the federal government is not currently spending money to prosecute federal laws against cannabis, the possession of it is still a federal crime.

  6. September 08, 2022

    Medical Pot Users Call DOJ Bid To Ax Suit 'Insulting'

    The Florida agriculture commissioner and three residents have slammed a bid by the U.S. Department of Justice to throw out their suit challenging a rule holding that participants in medical cannabis programs don't have Second Amendment rights, saying the DOJ's arguments comparing those in the program to felons is "insulting."

  7. August 08, 2022

    DOJ Says Medical Pot Patients Have No Right To Bear Arms

    The U.S. Department of Justice told a Florida federal judge on Monday that the Sunshine State's medical marijuana patients had no Second Amendment right to possess firearms since they were breaking a federal law.

  8. April 22, 2022

    Fla. Commissioner Sues DOJ Over Pot Patients' Gun Rights

    The commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and three Florida residents have sued the U.S. Department of Justice, saying a federal rule barring medical marijuana patients from possessing firearms is unconstitutional.

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