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Washington Summary Judgment
In State of Washington v. Dep’t of State et al., No. C18-1115-RSL (W.D. Wash), Judge Lasnik decided he had the power to vacate our license from the State Department. The rest of his order blandly accepts the Plaintiff States’ basic position and either skips past our arguments entirely or addresses them with conclusory denials. We […]
11.13.19
11.07.19
DD v. Grewal (3d Cir.) – Appeal Update
In Defense Distributed etal., v. Grewal, No. 19-1729 (3rd Cir.) we’ve concluded the scheduled briefing on our motion for an injunction pending appeal, as well as for Grewal’s motion to summary affirm. The orders will likely lack opinions but the takeaways are no less striking. In a year of direct litigation against Section 3(l)(2) of New […]
10.24.19
Contract X
Legion, Recently I accepted Paloma Heindorff’s invitation to return to the directorship of Defense Distributed. Her commitment to our company’s purpose is total. Her execution of our 2019 plans has been flawless, and she will maintain an executive role with Ghost Gunner. Today I’d like to announce that Paloma and the greater DD/GG team were […]
04.16.19
DD v. Grewal (3d Cir.) – Appeal Update
As expected, Judge Thompson in New Jersey issued an order denying our motion for an injunction pending appeal. We knew she’d deny the motion. The question was how long it’d take, and she acted quickly, which now allows us to cleanly proceed to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. 19-1729 is our appellate case number in the […]
03.19.19
DD v Grewal NJ Status
For the benefit of our members, we’d like to present the transcript of the status hearing that led to the present stay order in New Jersey against our many plaintiffs. For its seven years of life, Defense Distributed has been denied due process of law for five in the federal courts. Always for one capricious […]