Legal Opinion
Fortson v. Los Angeles City Attorney's Office
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 7, 2017No. 15-55497PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal challenges the constitutionality of California’s ten-year ban on possession of firearms after a conviction for misdemeanor domestic violence. Plaintiff Benjamin Fortson appeals the dismissal of his action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to state a claim. He contends that the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, the California Bureau of Firearms, and individual officers, agents, and attorneys violated his Second Amendment rights by seizing firearms and ammunition he kept in his home, and then prosecuting him for…
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