United States v. Walter J. Farley

972 F.2d 1344 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter J. FARLEY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-55801. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 18, 1992. * Decided Aug. 26, 1992. Before WILLIAM A. NORRIS, REINHARDT and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 The United States brought a civil action for ejectment, damages, and an injunction against Walter J. Farley and other named defendants. 1 Under the pretext of a 1979 mineral patent, Farley and other individuals occupied approximately twenty acres of land in the federally owned San Bernardino National Forest. The district court concluded: (1) Farley was in noncompliance with his plan of operation for the mining claim in the National Forest; (2) the Forest Service had issued a final administrative decision requiring Farley to vacate the land, remove all structures and personal property, and remedy the surface resource damage; (3) Farley…