Hunt

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IMPERIAL MERCHANT SERVICES, INC., 

a California corporation doing business as Check Recovery No. 07-15976 Systems, Plaintiff-Appellant,  D.C. No.

CV-06-07795-MJJ

v. OPINION

BRADY G. HUNT,

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Martin J. Jenkins, District Judge, Presiding

Argued April 17, 2008 Resubmitted for Decision September 1, 2009 San Francisco, California

Filed September 1, 2009

Before: Stephen S. Trott and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges, and Michael R. Hogan,* District Judge.

Per Curiam Opinion

*The Honorable Michael R. Hogan, United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

For Imperial Merchant Services, Inc., plaintiff-appellant: Clark Garen, Esq., Attorney, Law Offices of Clark Garen, Palm Springs, California.

For Brady G. Hunt, defendant-appellee: Paul S. Arons, Esq., Attorney, Law Offices of Paul S. Arons, Friday Harbor, Washington; Irving L. Berg,…