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Old 06-08-2011, 8:03 PM
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A few days ago SAF & CGF filed a motion to align oral argument in Richards v Prieto as it is related to Peruta which would request hearing by the same panel. Note that we specifically did not ask to change the schedule in Peruta.

For some reason plaintiffs in Peruta are opposed to Richards being heard the same day as they filed this motion earlier today...

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A few days ago SAF & CGF filed a motion to align oral argument in Richards v Prieto as it is related to Peruta which would request hearing by the same panel. Note that we specifically did not ask to change the schedule in Peruta.

For some reason plaintiffs in Peruta are opposed to Richards being heard the same day as they filed this motion earlier today...

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I read both briefs. I'm not sure what the issue is, and which one to agree with just yet.

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Lay mans pleez??? What are the pros and cons? Thanks
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cool, both of the above posters are smarter than I am & they need translation too.
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assertions in their “motion to align,” the cases raise decidedly different issues, take
different approaches, and call for dramatically different judicial relief. Both the
parties and the Court would be better served if the cases were heard separately,
with Peruta heard first.
I like Peruta and what it affects if it's favorable to what I'm concerned with as far as traveling, but I'm not sure if I agree with that part.

Having said what I said above and in the previous post, I need some more lessons too, and still reading...

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We want Richards and Peruta to be heard at the same time and on Peruta's schedule . This gets both arguments for fixing ccw in front if the judge at the same time. It also means that Richards would not have to worry about a loss in Peruta effecting it. I haven't read the objection yet so I don't know why they are arguing to keep the cases separate.
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I am as yet confused... did somebody forget to coordinate with their friends? Or was there some conflict which prevented the lawyers from discussing the joining of the cases, outside of the courts ?

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OK, here is essentially what is going on:

Both the Richards attorneys and the Peruta attorneys are zealously advocating for their client's best interests, which are coming into conflict with each other.

The Richards attorneys are making a broad based facial attack on good cause and good moral character, using 1st amendment-style prior restraint doctrine.

The Peruta attorneys are making for narrow relief on the narrow aspect of good cause, using Heller and the currently existing equal protection case law with Guillory v. Gates

The Richards attorneys want to being related to the Peruta case and aligned with it due to the belief that their clients may not only get relief, their case might be held in abeyance for Peruta, delaying justice for both Adam Richards and Brett Stewart unnecessarily longer. For that reason, the Richards attorneys filed th emotion to align, sacrificing their own "warm up time" that is typically granted to appeals first being heard.

The Peruta attorneys are also driven by the same concerns, believing that rather than Richards being aligned with it, they will be aligned with Richards schedule instead, delaying justice for the Peruta plaintiffs even further.

These motions are directed to what's called a "Motions Panel". The Motion's panel is a random monthly selection of 3 Circuit Judges who review motions on cases, freeing up the "merit's panel" (which hasn't been assigned yet) to actually reading the actual materials on lead-up to the oral arguments date. So when motions are made to the appeals court, it's being made to the motions panel, until panel assignment is done. The Circuit Court Clerk handles the transition of data and information from the "Motions" Panel to the "Merits" panel. Motions panels can also be hostile to gun owners, too, depending on what the selections are, which is likely the Peruta attorney's concerns.


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I am as yet confused... did somebody forget to coordinate with their friends? Or was there some conflict which prevented the lawyers from discussing the joining of the cases, outside of the courts ?

afaiui, CD Michel is generally a friend of CGF.
This is a situation where attorneys MUST advocate for their owns client's behalf, and not necessarily play ball with each other. The Richards attorneys wants to speed up their case, the Peruta case doesn't want to have their case slowed down (or at least they think there is a potential of the case being slowed down). Every day the ability of self defense is denied to these plaintiffs (and all of us, you, me, everyone in California) is every day they can face being maimed or killed by criminals.

I feel for both sets of plaintiffs because I'm a plaintiff in a similar civil rights suit in Denver over carry and it's slightly painful to watch.

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We want Richards and Peruta to be heard at the same time and on Peruta's schedule . This gets both arguments for fixing ccw in front if the judge at the same time. It also means that Richards would not have to worry about a loss in Peruta effecting it. I haven't read the objection yet so I don't know why they are arguing to keep the cases separate.
Why on Peruta's schedule?

Otherwise, I'm starting to understand stuff a bit better after reading stuff more than once (it sometimes takes me 2 hours to watch 60 Minutes)...

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Richards – even if the two cases were on precisely the same track and guaranteed
to stay that way. The timing issue and potentially extensive delays in obtaining
relief is a real concern. But it is not the main one. Binding the cases together and
hearing them together will prejudice the Peruta Appellants’ case.
Why would they be concerned that binding the cases together would prejudice their case? I think it would help their case, but that's just me (so far, maybe I'm still dumb at this)...

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So by having a pro and a con will expedite matters easier than two pros or two cons? Or am I way off on the concept here. It wouldn't be the first time!
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Why on Peruta's schedule?

Otherwise, I'm starting to understand stuff a bit better after reading stuff more than once (it sometimes takes me 2 hours to watch 60 Minutes)...



Why would they be concerned that binding the cases together would prejudice their case? I think it would help their case, but that's just me (so far, maybe I'm still dumb at this)...

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Read my post above. Richards wants to be on Peruta's schedule because it fast-tracks their case to be heard. Peruta's attorneys are concerned they'll be put on Richard's schedule instead, and there's an apparent two month time difference.
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Read my post above. Richards wants to be on Peruta's schedule because it fast-tracks their case to be heard. Peruta's attorneys are concerned they'll be put on Richard's schedule instead, and there's an apparent two month time difference.
Yup, I was typing just as you hit the submit (I'm a bit slow at typing up my questions, comments, compliments, condiments... )

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Being the conspiracy theorist that I am I believe this is strategy between the two plaintiffs to make the panel rule and spin heads for the defense.
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A couple of points.

1. This is an odd filing from the Peruta plaintiffs.

2. These cases are almost exactly identical - since they came from the same theory and complaint. The only difference is one additional theory - prior restraint - that SAF/CGF added.

3. There is no way that having Richards heard the same day by the same panel will hurt Peruta.

4. This isn't a motion to consolidate or divide time.

5. Is anyone curious about why the Peruta plaintiffs are ok with allowing sheriff's to pass judgement on people's "good moral character" in furtherance of their enumerated fundamental right?

6. Wouldn't having more argument time and more briefing pages brought to bear at the same time be a net positive?

7. Do we all really want to get in a situation where two different panels end up with different decisions on the right to bear arms in California? En banc mess anyone?

Curiouser and curiouser...

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A couple of points.

1. This is an odd filing from the Peruta plaintiffs.

2. These cases are almost exactly identical - since they came from the same theory and complaint. The only difference is one additional theory - prior restraint - that SAF/CGF added.

3. There is no way that having Richards heard the same day by the same panel will hurt Peruta.

4. This isn't a motion to consolidate or divide time.

5. Is anyone curious about why the Peruta plaintiffs are ok with allowing sheriff's to pass judgement on people's "good moral character" in furtherance of their enumerated fundamental right?

6. Wouldn't having more argument time and more briefing pages brought to bear at the same time be a net positive?

7. Do we all really want to get in a situation where two different panels end up with different decisions on the right to bear arms in California? En banc mess anyone?

Curiouser and curiouser...

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Would it matter at this point? If the denial was for A -- and A gets removed, they can't just go back and deny for B, can they? Can a motion to be heard on same day, lead to a joining of arguments? It seems like a good idea if I were in the habit of listening to people argue, might as well hear them at the same time. It does seem like it would push the city more than anyone. I don't doubt that SAF could be ready to argue this next week if they had to. The city on the other hand, would probably get smashed at that point.
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Would it matter at this point? If the denial was for A -- and A gets removed, they can't just go back and deny for B, can they?
Yes, it does, and yes, they can.
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Has anyone talked to Chuck Michel about this little problem?
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Peruta's attorneys make several confusing and patently false claims about Richards.

They mistakenly assert that Richards is a purely facial challenge, made against the State of California as defendant. However, even Judge England was able to understand the Richards complaint, as he wrote in his opinion, “Plaintiffs are not challenging the California statute itself, but instead challenge Yolo County’s interpretation of their statutory authority, namely its Concealed Weapon License Policy.”

In a footnote, England further explained that, “The State of California and/or its legislature is not a party to the action.”

From here, though, England either deliberately or through inexcusable confusion converted Richards complaint and pleadings into a solely facial attack on the State of California's firearms carry statutes. He ignored the as-applied challenge that was plainly obvious in Richards' Motion for Summary Judgment:
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...Prieto cannot reasonably claim that his policy cabins his discretion in any sort of meaningful, constitutionally acceptable way. To the contrary, Prieto’s written policy repeatedly confirms his exclusive and absolute discretion to adjudicate applicants’ moral character and good cause, and even goes so far as to declare that gun carry permits will be issued or renewed only
when “the Sheriff or his designee feels” like it. Worse still, the Sheriff’s written policy provides that “self-protection and protection of family (without credible threats of violence)” are “invalid reasons to request a permit.” This position categorically violates the Second Amendment. As the Supreme Court has made clear, self-defense is at the core of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
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The good moral character and good cause provisions of Penal Code § 12050, and Defendants’ manner of implementing these requirements, vest unbridled discretion in the Sheriff’s ability to license exercise of fundamental rights. They must be enjoined. [emphasis added]
The only significant difference between Richards and Peruta is the vastly more comprehensive, well-researched and well-written argument of law that is Richards.
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5. Is anyone curious about why the Peruta plaintiffs are ok with allowing sheriff's to pass judgement on people's "good moral character" in furtherance of their enumerated fundamental right?

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume since Peruta was found to have "good moral character", then his counsel figures that is a fight for another day, another plaintiff. They didn't want to fight on extra fronts if they don't have to.
As far as everything else goes, I can only assume timing is the reason Peruta doesn't want to be consolidated with Richards. A snag in Richards (counsel gets sick, scheduling conflicts,exc.) will mean a snag w/Peruta. I guess they don't want to get bogged down and then have some US v. Crackhead case sneak past them and torpedo the whole thing.
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This is a great thing Chuck Michel did for us and is the result of a political decision reflecting the strong devide between CRPA/NRA and CGF/Gura beliefs on the proper legal strategy. Gura wants to ride the NRA coat tails because Michel has put together a much better argument.
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Welcome and strange 1st post? Are you saying this tongue n cheek or are you serious?
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This is a great thing Chuck Michel did for us and is the result of a political decision reflecting the strong devide between CRPA/NRA and CGF/Gura beliefs on the proper legal strategy. Gura wants to ride the NRA coat tails because Michel has put together a much better argument.
Uh, no. The stated purpose of the Richards alignment motion is to speed up the time for the Richards case and to prevent an intracircuit conflict which will require en banc resolution. This has zero to do with "much better argument"
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Oh I'm sure he's serious.

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On second thought....!
probably a good second thought it came across at the end as somewhat confrontational. And probably wasnt helpful. But i wish you luck and i'm routing for you.



With all the dog piling to back this up and now its back to go it alone.... reading these two cases over and over i keep seeing them as necessarily intertwined yet this muscle flexing seems to keep ringing that old sound in the back of my head "divided and conquered". The in fighting and p'ing matches on our side seem to always accomplish that, those who oppose the 2nd amendment love to watch broad far-reaching hard to counter cases be divided into more narrow arguments by two factions who have equal objectives but can't seem to overcome their ego's or ideals.

Time will tell and judge where this goes....

Is it D-Day on the Normandy Coast, or just the Battle for Sicily where our own stall us out (think Patton(Gura) being told to slow down by Ike (NRA))?


Will we win the small battle yet prolong this front of the war? Or will the smaller and narrower puerta argument lay the foundation for better Richards footing regardless of the Delay
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I think the Richards folks are trying to make sure the weakness of the Peruta case does not hurt them in the long run. As someone else posted above, the cases are actually not identical, nor are the issues. Peruta makes this clear in their opposition. Peruta states that they initially challenged 12050 head on. Now it's just challenging the Sheriff/Chief's discretion on Good cause, and asking that self defense be considered good cause.

The weakness in Peruta is that it does not challenge good moral character. These sheriffs are not so dumb. You take away their discretion on good cause, they'll start denying on "good moral character". Think about it, if the discretion is unfettered (and it is) "bad" moral character might be:
1. A drunk driving conviction 15 years ago
2. Medical marijuana use
3. Speeding tickets
4. Citations for building a garage without a permit

Do I need to go on?

I think the Richards folks are trying to get Peruta on board to a facial challenge of 12050, and rightly so. Of course if I was reprepsenting Peruta, I would probably tell the Richards folks to pound sand. (Of course, I would not have made my challenge as narrow as they did)
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I think the Richards folks are trying to make sure the weakness of the Peruta case does not hurt them in the long run. As someone else posted above, the cases are actually not identical, nor are the issues. Peruta makes this clear in their opposition. Peruta states that they initially challenged 12050 head on. Now it's just challenging the Sheriff/Chief's discretion on Good cause, and asking that self defense be considered good cause.

The weakness in Peruta is that it does not challenge good moral character. These sheriffs are not so dumb. You take away their discretion on good cause, they'll start denying on "good moral character". Think about it, if the discretion is unfettered (and it is) "bad" moral character might be:
1. A drunk driving conviction 15 years ago
2. Medical marijuana use
3. Speeding tickets
4. Citations for building a garage without a permit

Do I need to go on?

I think the Richards folks are trying to get Peruta on board to a facial challenge of 12050, and rightly so. Of course if I was representing Peruta, I would probably tell the Richards folks to pound sand. (Of course, I would not have made my challenge as narrow as they did)
The "good moral character" issue must relegated to the dumpster asap.

Just who in the hell is the civilian public employee at the SD County licensing office to judge anyone? Can we FOIA their personnel file? Search out their school transcripts? Interview their neighbors about their behavior? Talk to their college room mates? Could they withstand the same scrutiny? How would they enjoy being subjected the process? WHO MADE THEM GOD?
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This sounds like a pissing contest between NRA and Alan Gura again.

I'll defer to the two time supreme court winner when it comes to legal strategy.

I'm just plain embarrassed and disappointed when I see things like this.

We are better than this, we need to work together.
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This sounds like a pissing contest between NRA and Alan Gura again.

I'll defer to the two time supreme court winner when it comes to legal strategy.

I'm just plain embarrassed and disappointed when I see things like this.

We are better than this, we need to work together.

Quite, and what I originally was thinking... This question could have been asked OUTSIDE of court, rather than the adversarial court system.

Here's to hoping nobody involved takes this slight personally.
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This sounds like a pissing contest between NRA and Alan Gura again.

I'll defer to the two time supreme court winner when it comes to legal strategy.

I'm just plain embarrassed and disappointed when I see things like this.

We are better than this, we need to work together.
Have to agree here...

If there is anything that anti groups like Brady, LCAV, MAIG, etc. are more afraid of than anything else, it's groups like CGF, NRA, SAF, CRPA, GOA, GOCA, GS2AC, JPFO, PPoSF and others all sticking together on the one issue that our right needs to be furthered, and actually working together.

All of these organizations, as well as the ones that focus on more broad conservative issues, one of them being 2A, combined, make for a total membership base of 6 Million plus.

Is there any way that things could be worked out in a timely fashion so that this litigation effort could be as successful as possible? Maximum success is what I'm hoping for, but the bickering has got to end in order for that to happen.

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Please don't over-read the situation that much....
Attorneys are obligated to do what they think are best for their specific clients' case.
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Quite, and what I originally was thinking... This question could have been asked OUTSIDE of court, rather than the adversarial court system.

Here's to hoping nobody involved takes this slight personally.
It would appear that the Richards camp were in contact with the Peruta camp on the very day that the Richards camp filed the motion to request the merge.

And yet, the Richards camp did not think to mention this motion to the Peruta camp. Common courtesy would have thought that doing so might have avoided this controversy.
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On second thought....!
Good move since your lawyer didn't pre-bless what you said. I'm cheering for you to win one for all of us, and who knows what the other side might be able to use against you. Hopefully your next official public statement will be "victory!".

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I think the Richards folks are trying to make sure the weakness of the Peruta case does not hurt them in the long run.
Maybe it is, in their minds, the other way around.
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Maybe it is, in their minds, the other way around.
Have you ever looked at the timeline in the cases and how Peruta happened?

I know everyone is trying to play nice now but how many times is the NRA going to try to mess up an Alan Gura/SAF case?
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Have you ever looked at the timeline in the cases and how Peruta happened?

I know everyone is trying to play nice now but how many times is the NRA going to try to mess up an Alan Gura/SAF case?
Yes, I'm aware of the timelines. How does that make any difference to what I said?

And your second paragraph? You really think that Chuck Michel/NRA is trying to mess up Alan Gura by refusing to bend over backwards when Gura demands, without even notifying Michel first, that Peruta effectively delays his case by three months, just so the Peruta arguments and the Richards arguments can be heard together?
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Please don't over-read the situation that much....
Attorneys are obligated to do what they think are best for their specific clients' case.
^^^ This ^^^... and they also kind of have to do what their client wants as well.

Just sayin', not trying to put words into any parties mouths.
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