Elliott v. City and County of Denver, Colorado
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · Docket 1:26-cv-02948 · Filed 2026-06-30
Pending — case reassigned after the originally assigned judge's recusal on 2026-07-06; no motions ruled on yet
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Summary
Elliott v. City and County of Denver, Colorado is a federal lawsuit filed June 30, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs are Ray Elliott, the Colorado State Shooting Association, and Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. The defendants include the City and County of Denver, Governor Jared Polis, Attorney General Philip Weiser, and named Denver and state officials. The complaint challenges Denver's 1989 assault-weapons ordinance together with the state's 15-round magazine limit. The plaintiffs filed a notice identifying this case as related to other pending firearms litigation. The originally assigned judge was recused on July 6, 2026, and the case was reassigned. No motions have been ruled on as of this writing. This page tracks new filings as they are entered on the docket.
Challenge target
Denver's 1989 assault-weapons ordinance and the state's 15-round magazine limit (C.R.S. § 18-12-302), together
Parties
- Ray Elliott — plaintiff
- Colorado State Shooting Association — plaintiff
- Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. — plaintiff
- City and County of Denver, Colorado — defendant
- Jared Polis — defendant (Governor of Colorado)
- Philip J. Weiser — defendant (Colorado Attorney General)
- Michael Vitco — defendant
- Matthew C. Packard — defendant
- John Walsh — defendant
- Trevor Alley — defendant
- Armando Saldate III — defendant
Docket timeline
- 2026-07-06 Order ⚑ entry 9
Docket entry 9: the court entered an order of recusal on July 6, 2026. The case was reassigned to a different judge; the public docket entry does not state the reason for the recusal.
- 2026-06-30 Filing entry 1
Docket entry 1: the plaintiffs filed the complaint commencing this action on June 30, 2026, along with a notice identifying related pending firearms cases and summonses for the named defendants.
Notes
This is the CSSA + Firearms Policy Coalition suit against Denver and Colorado referenced in the project scope ("CSSA+FPC v. Denver & Colorado"); CourtListener's formal caption uses the lead individual plaintiff, Ray Elliott. A same-day "Notice of Related Cases" docket entry (filed with the complaint) was treated as minutiae and not logged as an event; David may want the underlying PDF to confirm which other dockets it names as related.