Truscott

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

J&G SALES LTD, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 04-16976 v. CARL J. TRUSCOTT, Director,  D.C. No.

CV-03-02263-PGR

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

OPINION

Firearms and Explosives, Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Paul G. Rosenblatt, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 20, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed January 16, 2007

Before: Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice (Ret.),* and Pamela Ann Rymer, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Retired Justice O’Connor

*The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Ret.) sitting by designation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 294(a). COUNSEL

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Paul K. Charl- ton, United States Attorney, Michael S. Raab and Lewis S. Yellin (argued), Civil Division, United States Department of Justice; Joel J. Roessner, Deputy Associate Chief, Peter W. Mickelson and Rebekah Holman, Office of the Chief, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &…