Williams v. Tazewell County State's Attorney's Office

The appellant, the Illinois State Police (ISP), appeals from the denial of its motion to vacate the trial court’s order directing the ISP to issue the appellee, Ronald Williams, a firearm owners identification (FOID) card. On appeal, the ISP contends that the trial court’s order directing it to issue Williams a FOID card should be vacated for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. FACTS

A. Procedural History

On February 11, 2002, the ISP sent Williams written notice that his FOID card application was rejected because he had previously been…