Legal Opinion
Kimelman v. Garland
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 3, 2022No. Civil Action No. 2021-0675Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MICHAEL KIMELMAN, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 21-675 (TJK) MERRICK B. GARLAND et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Michael Kimelman was convicted of federal securities fraud in 2011. He now lives in New York and wants to purchase and possess firearms, but his status as a felon prevents him from doing so under federal law. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(1) and (g)(1). Kimelman sued Defendants, the At- torney General and the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo- sives, seeking declaratory and injunctive…
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