Legal Opinion
Dennis McHugh v. Robert Rubin, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 11, 2000No. 99-6274PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to determine whether recent congressional funding restrictions have effectively suspended the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (the “ATF”) and the federal district courts to review applications by individuals for relief from federal firearms disabilities. The plaintiff, a convicted criminal, applied to the ATF for restoration of his federal firearms privileges pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 925(c). The ATF refused to act upon his application because Congress has enacted for each fiscal year since 1993 an annual appropriations statute…
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