BANE v. SOLOMAN

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MICHAEL L. BANE, CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, NO. 24-6159-KSM v. SCOTT BESSENT, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Treasury, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM Marston, J. August 8, 2025 Constitutional challenges to criminal statutes must be brought against government officials, not private parties. Here, Plaintiff Michael Bane, an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) employee, wants to bring his firearm into work, but federal law makes it a crime for him to do so. He thus brought a lawsuit to challenge…