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United States v. GVI (3:25-cv-00050) — Docket Entry 64

Collection
Courts
Entity
Virgin Islands Police Department
Type
Court Filing
Identifiers
3:25-cv-00050

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, Case No. 3:2025-CV-50 v. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND MARIO BROOKS, in his official capacity as Police Commissioner of the territory of the Virgin Islands, Defendants. SECOND MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), Plaintiff requests the Court to enter a preliminary injunction against Defendants on the grounds set forth below. Plaintiff requests hearing of this Motion during the already scheduled August 19 hearing in this case. I. USVI’s Arms Ban Is Glaringly Unconstitutional in Light of ANJRPC. Last week, in Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. v. Attorney General New Jersey, 2026 WL 2075513 (3d Cir. July 17, 2026) (en banc) (ANJRPC)1, the court held: (1) A ban on semi-automatic rifles, including AR-15-style rifles, is unconstitutional; and (2) A ban on so-called large capacity magazines (LCM) is unconstitutional. Id. at *14, *21. …

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