Brinson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRAD DANIEL BRINSON, Case No. 22-cv-09076-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY AND

v. STANDARD OF REVIEW

MERRICK B. GARLAND, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 59 Defendants.

12 Defendants barred Plaintiff from purchasing a gun on the grounds he had been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. So, Plaintiff sued the government for erroneous denial of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 925A; violation of his Second Amendment rights; and violation of his Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights. (Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 46-65.) At the case management conference on March 6, 2024, the Court ordered the parties to brief whether, in an action under 18 U.S.C. § 925A, the government is permitted to supplement the administrative record by conducting discovery to support its determination a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm. The Court also directed the parties to address the appropriate standard of review. Before the Court is the parties’…