Del Toro v. Polis
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · Docket 1:25-cv-02725 · Filed 2025-09-02
Pending — dispositive motions briefed as of Dec. 2025; no ruling yet on the docket entries reviewed
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Summary
Del Toro v. Polis is a federal civil-rights lawsuit filed September 2, 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs are the Colorado State Shooting Association and seven individual Colorado residents. The defendants are Governor Jared Polis, Attorney General Philip Weiser, and Michael J. Allen, the district attorney for Colorado's 4th Judicial District. The complaint challenges SB25-003, the state law that requires an eligibility card, a waiting period, and an in-person course before a person may buy specified semiautomatic firearms, effective August 1, 2026. The plaintiffs bring claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. As of the docket entries reviewed (through December 2025), dispositive motions have been filed and briefed; the docket does not yet reflect a ruling. This page tracks new filings as they are entered.
Challenge target
SB25-003 — the semiautomatic-firearm eligibility-card / permit-to-purchase requirement (C.R.S. Title 18, Art. 12), effective 2026-08-01
Parties
- Israel Del Toro — plaintiff
- Luke Sorensen — plaintiff
- Nathanael Skiver — plaintiff
- Laura Clellan — plaintiff
- Jason Reeves — plaintiff
- Garrett Flicker — plaintiff
- Kathleen Clayton — plaintiff
- Colorado State Shooting Association — plaintiff
- Jared Polis — defendant (Governor of Colorado)
- Philip J. Weiser — defendant (Colorado Attorney General)
- Michael J. Allen — defendant (District Attorney, 4th Judicial District)
Docket timeline
- 2026-05-08 Filing entry 67
Docket entry 67: defendant Michael J. Allen filed an answer to the amended complaint (entry 33) on May 8, 2026, rather than a further dispositive motion.
- 2026-03-20 Order ⚑ entry 57
Docket entry 57: the court entered an order on March 20, 2026, roughly two weeks after the motions to dismiss at entries 50 and 51 were filed. See the linked docket for what the order resolved.
- 2026-03-03 Motion entry 51
Docket entry 51: a second defendant filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on March 3, 2026, the same day as entry 50.
- 2026-03-03 Motion entry 50
Docket entry 50: a defendant filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on March 3, 2026.
- 2026-01-20 Filing entry 40
Docket entry 40: a memorandum was filed on January 20, 2026. See the linked docket entry for the filing party and subject.
- 2025-12-22 Filing entry 33
Docket entry 33: the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on December 22, 2025, superseding the original complaint (entry 1). See the linked docket entry for what changed.
- 2025-12-22 Order ⚑ entry 32
Docket entry 32: the court entered an order on December 22, 2025, the same day the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint (entry 33). See the linked docket for what the order resolved.
- 2025-12-12 Filing entry 28
Docket entry 28: a memorandum was filed on December 12, 2025, during the pending motion-to-dismiss briefing. See the linked docket entry for the filing party and subject.
- 2025-12-01 Motion entry 25
Docket entry 25: a defendant filed a motion to dismiss on December 1, 2025. The motion had not been ruled on as of the docket entries reviewed for this page.
- 2025-10-06 Filing entry 13
Docket entry 13: a memorandum was filed on October 6, 2025. CourtListener's public entry description labels it only "Memorandum"; see the linked docket entry for which party filed it and its subject.
- 2025-09-04 Order ⚑ entry 6
Docket entry 6: the court entered an order on September 4, 2025, two days after the complaint was filed. CourtListener's public entry description does not specify the order's subject beyond the label "Order"; see the linked docket for the underlying document.
- 2025-09-02 Filing entry 1
Docket entry 1: the plaintiffs filed the complaint commencing this action on September 2, 2025. It names the Colorado State Shooting Association and seven individuals as plaintiffs and challenges SB25-003. No ruling on the merits has been entered.