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Steven Brown v. ATF
23-2275
4th Cir.
Jun 18, 2025
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*2 Before WILKINSON, QUATTLEBAUM, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.

Reversed and remanded with directions to dismiss by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ARGUED: Courtney Lynn Dixon, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. William V. Bergstrom, COOPER & KIRK, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Michael S. Raab, Abby C. Wright, Steven H. Hazel, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; William J. Ihlenfeld, II, United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellants. Adam J. Kraut, SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION, Bellevue, Washington; David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson, COOPER & KIRK, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Beatriz L. Albornoz, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Esther Sanchez-Gomez, Kelly Percival, GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE, San Francisco, California; Robert A. Sacks, Leonid Traps, Sophie A. Kivett, New York, New York, Elizabeth A. Rose, Madeline B. Jenks, Cason J.B. Reily, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Douglas N. Letter, Shira Lauren Feldman, BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Janet Carter, William J. Taylor, Jr., Eleuthera O. Sa, EVERYTOWN LAW, New York, New York, for Amicus Everytown for Gun Safety. Michael L. Rice, HARRISON LAW LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for Amicus The National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

This case is hereby remanded with directions to dismiss it on the authority of McCoy v. ATF , No. 23- 2085 (4th Cir. 2025). Judge Wilkinson and Judge Heytens concur in this disposition. Judge Quattlebaum dissents for the reasons set forth in his dissenting opinion in McCoy . The motion to supplement the record with an additional plaintiff is hereby granted.

REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS TO DISMISS

Case Details

Case Name: Steven Brown v. ATF
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Date Published: Jun 18, 2025
Docket Number: 23-2275
Court Abbreviation: 4th Cir.
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