The U.S. Department of Justice has issued its proposed criteria and procedural framework for the restoration of firearm rights to those with federal prohibitions, most of which falls under the federal “felon-in-possession” prohibition of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). The Proposed Rule is designed to disqualify violent offenders, while insuring a sufficient amount of time has passed[…]
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Justice Department Issues Framework for Firearm Rights Restoration
Civil Rights, Gun Law Jul 21, 2025
DOJ Files Amicus Brief in Support of Harrel Plaintiffs In Pica Case
Civil Rights, Gun Law Jun 18, 2025
The United States Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Firm’s Harrel Plaintiffs and the plaintiffs in the three other cases consolidated with Harrel. A trial was held last September in the Southern District of Illinois against the PICA assault-weapon law, where the District Judge struck down PICA[…]
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Judge Stephen McGlynn has issued an Opinion declaring the State of Illinois’s bans on semi-automatic rifles and magazines to be unconstitutional infringements of the Second Amendment, and has also entered a permanent injunction against the law, commonly known as “PICA”. The Court wrote, “[C]onsidering all[…]
In NRA v. Vullo, released May 30, 2024, a 9-0 Supreme Court has ruled that the NRA plausibly alleged that a New York official violated the First Amendment by coercing regulated entities to terminate their business relationships with the NRA in order to punish or suppress gun-promotion advocacy, with which the official disagreed. The Opinion begins[…]
Sigale Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review in Harrel Rifle and Magazine Ban Case
Civil Rights, Gun Law Feb 13, 2024
Attorney David G. Sigale, has filed with his co-counsel a Petition for Writ of Certiorari before the United States Supreme Court, seeking review of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal’s 2-1 panel decision in Bevis v. City of Naperville, which upheld the State’s ban on many semi-automatic firearms and magazines. The firm represents the Plaintiffs in Harrel v. Raoul,[…]
Attorney David G. Sigale, in conjunction with attorneys for two other consolidated cases in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, has filed for a full-Court, or en banc, review of the Court’s recent 2-1 panel decision in Bevis v. City of Naperville, which upheld the State’s ban on many semi-automatic firearms and magazines. The Firm represents the[…]
The Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C. is pleased to report that the Tennessee Court of Appeals in Nashville has entered a judgment in favor of the Firm’s client in Braden v. Columbia Housing & Redevelopment Corp. The case was an appeal on behalf of a public housing resident who had been evicted when he was forced to defend himself[…]
Recently, David G. Sigale obtained a reversal of the Defendant’s conviction for resisting and/or obstructing arrest in State v. Elliott, 2022 IL App (2d) 210359-U. In Elliott, a police officer began following the Defendant, whom he believed he observed speeding. After following the Defendant for some time, the officer realized the Defendant was actually home. In fact,[…]
On September 2, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its Opinion in Evans v. Cook County State’s Attorney. The Court reversed an appellate ruling that Section 10 of the FOID Card Act could never be used to restore the firearm rights of felons because of its interplay with the federal felon-in-possession prohibition, and because of the[…]
Settlement Reached in 2018 Civil Lawsuit Filed by Former Hononegah Student
Civil Rights Aug 18, 2021
The Firm and its client resolved a long-running First Amendment lawsuit against the client’s high school and its administrators regarding her efforts to express a non-mainstream viewpoint during a protest walkout at the school after the Parkland, Florida tragedy in 2018. The Firm was proud to be of service, and is proud of its client[…]