No. 87-5972

843 F.2d 1222 George C. BRANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE; Regional Fiscal Officer, Michael D. Duffy; Ralph C. Cisco; Michael J. Rogers; United States Department of Agriculture--Forest Service; Office of Personnel Management--Civil Service Retirement System; Disbursing Officer, Jack Adams; Does 1 through 10, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-5972. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 8, 1988. Decided April 6, 1988. Janice S. Pohl and John Scott Loosen, Copeland, Kemp, Lugar & Pohl, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Maria A. Iizuka, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before HUG, ALARCON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: 1 The United States Forest Service charged Brant for the cost of suppressing a fire on his property. See Cal.Health & Safety Code Sec. 13009(a) (West Supp.1988) (federal agency may collect debts for fire suppression "in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a contract, expressed or implied"). After Brant refused to pay, the…