Scocca v. Smith

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DEFERRING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

(Docket No. 47)

EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this case are Tom Scocca, Madison Society, Inc. (“MS”),, and Calguns Foundation, Inc. (“CGF”). They have filed suit against Defendants the County of Santa Clara and .its sheriff, Laurie Smith, both in her official and individual capacity. According to Plaintiffs, Defendants have violated the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution in the way that they have administered California Penal Code § 26150, which provides in relevant part that a…