Benitez Retires, 2A Docket Reshuffles

Benitez Retires, 2A Docket Reshuffles

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, the San Diego jurist behind California's biggest Second Amendment rulings, retired April 2 at age 75. His exit reshuffles which judges hear future gun cases in the region, but the appeals he generated are already in the Ninth Circuit pipeline. A 2023 rule change limiting forum shopping may matter more to future litigation than his departure.