Clinton Barnwell Monfort

Clinton Barnwell Monfort's Legal Cases (6)

Long Beach, CA

Civil rights Lawyer at Long Beach, CA

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Constitutional ... +3 more

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Sheriff Clay Parker v. State of California

N/A

OUTCOME: Injunction granted in favor of clients.

Represented ammunition vendors and shippers, law enforcement, and individual consumers challenging controversial statewide legislation (AB 962) requiring law abiding individuals to provide private pers ... onal information and a thumbprint for every purchase of “handgun ammunition” and prohibiting mail order and internet purchases of “handgun ammunition.” The Court ruled that AB 962 was unconstitutionally vague on its face and enjoined enforcement of the statutes it enacted.

Civil rights

Peruta v. County of San Diego

N/A

OUTCOME: Currently awaiting oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit.

Ongoing lawsuit challenging San Diego’s strict “good cause” requirements for obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon (CCW). This case of first impression addresses whether the right to “ ... bear” arms includes a right to carry a handgun in public. It also alleges favoritism by the San Diego Sheriff in issuing CCW permits on Equal Protection grounds.

Civil rights

Guy Montag Doe v. San Francisco Housing Authority

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OUTCOME: Successfully obtained repeal of the challenged policies.

Challenge to San Francisco Housing Authority’s ban on the possession of firearms by public housing residents. The stategic litigation was filed to secure a ruling that the Second Amendment limited st ... ate and local governmental infringement on the right to keep and bear arms. Rather than litigate, San Francisco repealed the gun-banning policies. The case has since been used as precedent in fighting bans on lawful gun possession in public housing across the country.

Civil rights

Nordyke v. King

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OUTCOME:

Challenges a gun show ban in Alameda County. Provided logisitcal and research support and represented amici the NRA and CRPA filing multiple amicus briefs since the case was filed.

Civil rights

Bauer v. Harris

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OUTCOME:

Lawsuit challenging the “fees” the California Department of Justice imposes on firearm purchasers. The lawsuit alleges that the excessive “fees” being charged by DOJ to purchase a gun create an ... unconstitutional infringement on the exercise of rights protected under the Second Amendment.

Civil rights

Jackson v. City & County of San Francisco

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OUTCOME: TBD - Still in Litigation

Lawsuit challenging three San Francisco ordinances on Second Amendment grounds. The lawsuit alleges that the City’s enactment and enforcement of three city ordinances requiring firearms be disabled b ... y a trigger lock or stored in a locked container, banning the sale of ammunition that “serves no sporting purpose,” and prohibiting firearm discharges with no self-defense exception unduly burdens the right to self-defense. The case has already been successful in encouraging the City to amend its discharge ban - a law that had been in place for some 73 years - to allow for discharges in lawful self-defense and other circumstances allowed for under state and federal law.

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