Alaska Trojan Partnership v. Gutierrez

425 F.3d 620 ALASKA TROJAN PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carlos M. GUTIERREZ; * United States Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Fisheries Service, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-35753. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 14, 2005. Filed September 22, 2005. Michael A.D. Stanley, Juneau, AK, for the appellant. James C. Kilbourne, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska; Ralph R. Beistline, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-04-00003-J-RRB. Before: GOODWIN, BRUNETTI, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge. 1 Alaska Trojan Partnership ("Alaska Trojan") challenges the decision of Carlos M. Gutierrez, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce ("the Secretary"), the United States Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") 1 (collectively "defendants") denying Alaska Trojan's application for an Aleutian Islands brown king crab endorsement under the license limitation program ("LLP") for the Bering…