Linton

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 CHAD JAY LINTON et al., Case No. 18-cv-07653-JD

7 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE PRELIMINARY

8 v. INJUNCTION

9 XAVIER BECERRA et al., Re: Dkt. No. 38 Defendants. 10

11 12 After filing a first amended complaint, Dkt. No. 36, plaintiffs moved for a preliminary 13 injunction with respect to ownership and possession of firearms, Dkt. No. 38. The motion is 14 denied. 15 BACKGROUND 16 This case began in December 2018, when individual plaintiffs Chad Linton and Paul 17 McKinley, and five non-profit organizations dedicated to firearms advocacy, sued the Attorney 18 General and other officials of the State of California. Dkt. No. 1. The individual plaintiffs allege 19 that they were denied authorization to acquire firearms by the California Department of Justice 20 under a long-standing policy that bars ownership or possession of firearms by convicted offenders. 21 Linton and McKinley acknowledge prior convictions in other states, but say that those…