A California federal judge has blocked the state from enforcing a law that allows private citizens to bring lawsuits against manufacturers, declaring the law unconstitutional.

In his opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez wrote that the “fee-shifting” provisions of the state’s gun law, Senate Bill 1327, is an “unprecedented attempt to thrwart judicial review.”

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