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GREENE et al v. GARLAND et al

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Case Number:

1:24-cv-00021

Court:

Pennsylvania Western

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Judge:

Cathy Bissoon

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  1. July 01, 2025

    Judge Rules Gun Ban For Medical Pot Users Constitutional

    A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday that a federal policy barring medical marijuana patients from owning firearms does not violate the Second Amendment, granting the U.S. Department of Justice's motion to dismiss a challenge brought by a state prosecutor and others.

  2. February 26, 2025

    Cannabis Users' Gun Rights In Play In Multiple Cases

    In at least a half-dozen recent and pending federal cases, cannabis users have challenged a federal policy that bars users of illegal drugs from gun ownership, pushing courts to consider whether marijuana use makes one inherently dangerous or mentally ill.

  3. November 13, 2024

    DOJ Says Disarming Pot Patients Has Historic Precedent

    The U.S. Department of Justice is again urging a Pennsylvania federal court to throw out a suit challenging a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives policy prohibiting medical cannabis users from buying or owning firearms, saying the policy is analogous to laws disarming people who are intoxicated or deemed dangerous for use of illegal drugs.

  4. October 29, 2024

    Pa. DA Says ATF's Pot Patients Ban Doesn't Fit With Bruen

    A Pennsylvania district attorney is urging a federal judge not to throw out his suit challenging a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives policy blocking medical cannabis patients from buying or owning firearms, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's recent precedent preempts the restriction.

  5. October 01, 2024

    DOJ Says It Is Constitutional To Disarm Pot Patients

    The U.S. Department of Justice told a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday that a federal policy barring medical marijuana patients from lawfully possessing firearms is constitutional, and it urged the court to dismiss a legal challenge to the statute.

  6. July 19, 2024

    Pa. Court Asked To Weigh Rahimi Against Pot Patient Gun Ban

    The U.S. Attorney General's Office said that a Pennsylvania federal court considering the constitutionality of a federal ban on gun possession by medical cannabis patients should consider the U.S. Supreme Court's recent U.S. v. Rahimi ruling that upheld a gun ban for domestic abusers.

  7. March 21, 2024

    Gun Rights Org., Pa. DA Seek To Block Pot Patients' Gun Ban

    A Pennsylvania prosecutor and a gun rights organization have asked a federal judge to block enforcement of policies that prohibit licensed medical marijuana patients from owning firearms, saying the ban violates the patients' Second Amendment rights.

  8. January 23, 2024

    Pa. DA Sues Over Federal Gun Ban For Medical Pot Patients

    The district attorney for Warren County, Pennsylvania, joined a gun rights group in suing the federal government to overturn laws barring medical cannabis patients from buying or owning guns, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.