Legal Opinion
Terry Lee Stimmel v. Jefferson B. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2018No. 15-4196PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffin, J., joined by White, J.,
BOGGS, J. (pp. 212-15), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Terry Lee Stimmel tried to purchase a firearm at a Walmart store in 2002. However, the store rejected Stim-mel’s offer because a mandatory national background check revealed that he had been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence in 1997 and federal law prohibits domestic violence misdemeanants from possessing firearms. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9). Thereafter, he unsuccessfully appealed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and challenged the law in district court. Following the…
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