United States Ninth Circuit

ATF's denial of petitioners' application for renewal of their federal firearms license is affirmed where: 1) an "expungement" provided under California law did not eliminate petitioner's prior California conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence; and 2) thus, the ATF properly relied on the prior conviction and a failure to disclose that conviction on the license renewal questionnaire to deny the application.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/16/2007
• Decided 12/20/2007
• Published 12/20/2007

Judges

• THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before:  ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, DAVID R. THOMPSON, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James C. Sabalos, Newport Beach, California, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Greg Addington, Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, Nevada, for the appellees.