Kwan

Kwan v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

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235 F. App'x 476
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 25, 2007No. 05-36004California257 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Albert K. Kwan appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the *477 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) on Kwan’s petition for review of BATF’s refusal to renew his licenses to manufacture firearms. We affirm.

On this record, it is clear that there was no location 1 where Kwan was devoting “time, attention, and labor to manufacturing firearms as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit through the sale or distribution of the firearms manufactured.” 18 U.S.C. § 921 (a)(21)(A); see also id. (22); 18 U.S.C. § 923 (a); cf. United States v. Van Buren, 593 F.2d 125, 126 (9th Cir.1979) (per curiam) (holding that regularly conducted transactions for profit constitute engaging in business). No reasonable trier of fact could find to the contrary. See Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 250-52 , 106 S.Ct. 2505, 2511-12 , 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986). Therefore, the district court properly granted summary judgment to BATF.

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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