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OPINION & ORDER   Defendant Paul Elmowsky (“Defendant”) is charged by Indictment on one count of knowingly receiving and possessing a firearm that was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§5845(a)(4) and 5861(d). (Indictment, ECF No. 8.) Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Suppress a firearm seized from his home on December 31, 2018 as well as statements that Defendant made to law enforcement that same day (the “Motion”). (Motion to Suppress, ECF No. 22; Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant’s Pretrial Motions, (“Def. Mem.”), ECF No. 24). For the following reasons, Defendant’s Motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. BACKGROUND The facts herein are taken from the Complaint, Indictment, Defendant’s Motion, including Defendant’s affidavit (“Def. Aff.,” ECF No. 25), and the Government’s Response to Defendant’s Motion (“Gov. Opp.”, ECF No. 26). On December 28, 2018, the Rockland County Sheriff’s Department petitioned for the suspension of Defendant’s pistol permit. (Compl. 4(a).) On December 31, 2018, Rockland Supreme Court Justice Thomas E. Walsh issued a suspension order invalidating Defendant’s pistol permit (“Suspension Order”). (Id. 4(b); Gov. Opp., Ex. A.) The Suspension Order directed Defendant to surrender his permit and weapons “immediately.” (Gov. Opp., Ex. A.) That same day, the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office, New York City Police Department and Orangetown Police Department went to Defendant’s home in Nyack, NY to enforce the Suspension Order at approximately 4:35pm. (Compl. 4(c); Def. Mem., Ex. A (“Bill of Particulars”) at 1.) Defendant contends that “approximately 15-20 law enforcement officers from various agencies, without a search warrant…stormed through my front door with guns drawn, handcuffed [sic] and I was forcibly placed into custody.” (Def. Aff. at 1.) In addition to recovering permitted pistols, the officers recovered an Uzi 9-millimeter firearm (the “Uzi”), a weapon not registered to Defendant in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. (Compl.

 
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