Christian 10.10.2024 W.D.N.Y. Order
Grab your FREE download of Judge Sinatra's "Decision & Order," issued 10.10.2024 in the civil rights case of Christian v. James. This partial summary judgment order permanently enjoins the NYS Police and the Erie County District Attorney's Office, effective immediately, from any enforcement of NY Pen L 265.01-d against concealed carry permit holders with respect to private property open to the public.
The 17 counties of the W.D.N.Y. jurisdiction where Judge Sinatra's "Decision & Order" of 10.10.2024 is applicable can be found HERE, on the district court website.
This brings the temporary preliminary injunction issued 11.22.2022 to a permanent injunction on this issue. Additional issues of the case remain pending, and await the Second Circuit ruling #2 following 09.04.2024 supplemental submissions in Antonyuk v. James.
10.24.2025 UPDATE: the State filed a Notice of Appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Grab your FREE download of Judge Sinatra's "Decision & Order," issued 10.10.2024 in the civil rights case of Christian v. James. This partial summary judgment order permanently enjoins the NYS Police and the Erie County District Attorney's Office, effective immediately, from any enforcement of NY Pen L 265.01-d against concealed carry permit holders with respect to private property open to the public.
The 17 counties of the W.D.N.Y. jurisdiction where Judge Sinatra's "Decision & Order" of 10.10.2024 is applicable can be found HERE, on the district court website.
This brings the temporary preliminary injunction issued 11.22.2022 to a permanent injunction on this issue. Additional issues of the case remain pending, and await the Second Circuit ruling #2 following 09.04.2024 supplemental submissions in Antonyuk v. James.
10.24.2025 UPDATE: the State filed a Notice of Appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Grab your FREE download of Judge Sinatra's "Decision & Order," issued 10.10.2024 in the civil rights case of Christian v. James. This partial summary judgment order permanently enjoins the NYS Police and the Erie County District Attorney's Office, effective immediately, from any enforcement of NY Pen L 265.01-d against concealed carry permit holders with respect to private property open to the public.
The 17 counties of the W.D.N.Y. jurisdiction where Judge Sinatra's "Decision & Order" of 10.10.2024 is applicable can be found HERE, on the district court website.
This brings the temporary preliminary injunction issued 11.22.2022 to a permanent injunction on this issue. Additional issues of the case remain pending, and await the Second Circuit ruling #2 following 09.04.2024 supplemental submissions in Antonyuk v. James.
10.24.2025 UPDATE: the State filed a Notice of Appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
