Andrew Teter v. Anne E. Lopez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANDREW TETER; JAMES GRELL, No. 20-15948

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. v. 1:19-cv-00183-

ACK-WRP

ANNE E. LOPEZ; DARRYL NG,

Defendants-Appellees. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Alan C. Kay, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 25, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Filed January 22, 2025

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Ronald M. Gould, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Ryan D. Nelson, Eric D. Miller, Bridget S. Bade, Daniel P. Collins, Kenneth K. Lee, Lawrence VanDyke, Gabriel P. Sanchez and Ana de Alba, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Miller; Partial Dissent by Judge VanDyke; Dissent by Judge Collins SUMMARY*

Second Amendment

The en banc court vacated the district court’s summary judgment for the Hawaii Attorney General and the Hawaii Sheriff Division Administrator in an action involving a Second Amendment challenge to Hawaii’s statute prohibiting butterfly knives, and remanded for further proceedings. While the litigation was pending, the Hawaii…