Ambrogio v. Board of Firearms Permit Examiners

This is an appeal from a final decision of the named defendant, the board of firearms permit examiners (board), taken pursuant to General Statutes § 4-183. The plaintiff claims to be aggrieved by the decision of that defendant, an agency of the state, ordering him to issue a handgun permit to Donald Henriques. Before discussing the merits of the appeal, the court is obliged to address the jurisdictional claims advanced by the office of the attorney general on behalf of the board.

The board’s first argument is that the court lacked the authority to stay proceedings pending the appeal. The board…