WILLIAMS v. SESSIONS et al

Filing 83

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT PLAINTIFFS MOTION IS GRANTED. DEFENDANTS MOTION IS DENIED. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JOHN M. YOUNGE ON 11/14/23. 11/14/23 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(rf, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EDWARD A. WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, et al.,
Defendants.1

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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 17-2641

ORDER
AND NOW, this 14th day of November, 2023, upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion
for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 72) and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF
No. 73), and all papers submitted in support thereof or in opposition thereto, it is hereby
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion is GRANTED for the reasons set forth in the accompanying
Memorandum. Accordingly, it is FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion is
DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ John Milton Younge
Judge John Milton Younge

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Plaintiff originally brought this action on June 1, 2017, against the United States of America,
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives Thomas E. Brandon, and Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Andrew McCabe. (ECF No. 1.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), Attorney
General Merrick Garland, Director Steven Dettelbach, and Director Christopher Wray are
automatically substituted as Defendants in this action.