A federal judge has ruled that the Nassau County Sheriff’s Department violated the rights of a woman who was the subject of an order of protection by retaining her firearms without a due process hearing.

Eastern District Judge Joan Azrack, writing in Panzella v. County of Nassau, 13-cv-5640, ordered the county on Wednesday to hold a hearing by Sept. 25 on returning plaintiff Christine Panzella’s two shotguns and two rifles, which the sheriff’s department had seized in 2012 after her ex-husband filed an order of protection against her.

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