Professor Jacob Charles Cited in United States District Court for the District of Maryland in Willey v. Brown

Professor Jacob D. Charles's Virginia Law Review article, Firearms, Extreme Risk, and Legal Design: “Red Flag” Laws and Due Process, (SSRN) is cited in United States District Court for the District of Maryland case Willey v. Brown, 2026 WL 789053 (D. Md. Mar. 20, 2026). The case challenges Maryland's Extreme Risk Protective Order, or Red Flag Law, over allegations regarding gun rights violations following zoning disputes.

From Willey v. Brown:

The Supreme Court "has permitted the government to deprive an individual of a constitutionally protected interest without a pre-deprivation hearing in" a significant number of cases, including, to name a few, "ordering the sequestration of a debtor's personal property," "seizing movable property prior to a forfeiture action," and "terminating disability benefits." Joseph Blocher & Jacob D. Charles, Firearms, Extreme Risk, and Legal Design: "Red Flag" Laws and Due Process, 106 Va. L. Rev. 1285, 1322-23 (2020) (first citing Mitchell v. WT, Grant Co., 416 U.S. 600, 619-20 (1974); then citing Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co., 416 U.S. 663, 664 (1974); and then citing Mathews, 424 U.S. at 335, 349).