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Ninth Circuit orders supplemental briefing in handgun roster challenge

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After Duncan, the Boland panel called for briefing on the Unsafe Handgun Act's load-indicator, magazine-disconnect, and microstamping rules.

Written by the CalGunHub desk from public reporting

Who this affects: No ruling has issued here; the handgun roster requirements remain enforceable while the appeal is pending, with the microstamping element already removed by SB 452 effective January 1, 2024. The panel's eventual decision, informed by Duncan, could narrow or sustain the roster rules. This is general information, not legal advice.

On March 27, 2025, a Ninth Circuit panel (Judges Berzon, Rawlinson, and Bress) ordered supplemental briefing in Boland v. Bonta, No. 23-55276, arising from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (No. 8:22-cv-01421-CJC-ADS), according to the CourtListener docket (entries 77-78) and Michel & Associates' case page. The order followed the Duncan v. Bonta en banc decision and asked the parties to address its impact on this challenge to the Unsafe Handgun Act's chamber-load-indicator, magazine-disconnect, and microstamping roster requirements; submission had been vacated pending Duncan on March 25, 2024. No merits decision has issued. Supplemental briefs were filed in spring 2025, the docket remained active in June 2026 with no decision, and an August 26, 2026 analysis described the appeal as fully briefed and awaiting decision. The roster requirements remain enforceable: the 2023 preliminary injunction was partially stayed in 2023, and SB 452 separately removed the microstamping requirement effective January 1, 2024.

Sources

  1. CourtListener: Lance Boland v. Rob Bonta (docket)
  2. Michel & Associates: Boland v. Bonta (case page)
  3. StatesLaws: California handgun roster case: Boland appeal and SB 452

Informational only, not legal advice. Facts are attributed to the sources listed above.