CONSERVATION FORCE v. SALAZAR

No. 10-15306.

646 F.3d 1240 (2011)

CONSERVATION FORCE, a non-profit corporation; Miguel Madero Blasquez and Colin G. Crook, hunters, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ken SALAZAR, United States Secretary of Interior; Rowan Gould, United States Fish & Wildlife Service Acting Director; Daniel G. Shillito, Pacific Southwest Region Solicitor; Carolyn Lown, Pacific Southwest Region Assistant Solicitor; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Jackson, III , Conservation Force, Metairie, LA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Kurt G. Kastorf , Charles R. Scott , Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.

Before: PROCTER HUG, JR., BARRY G. SILVERMAN, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

HUG, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case involves the seizure and administrative forfeiture of two leopard trophies by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") from two hunters, Patricio Miguel Madero Blasquez and Colin Crook ("plaintiffs"), who attempted to import the leopard trophies from African countries without proper export permits. Plaintiffs and Conservation Force, a non-profit entity, filed...

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