Downer v. Hodel

977 F.2d 588 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert C. DOWNER, Civil Engineer, Land Surveyor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald HODEL, Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior; Board of Land Appeals; Office of Hearings and Appeals; Manual Lujan, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-15372. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 14, 1992. Decided Sept. 29, 1992. Before HUG, TANG and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 This appeal requires us to decide if Robert Downer had standing to challenge Interior Board of Land Appeals ("IBLA") decisions that affirmed an independent resurvey conducted by the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") to settle a discrepancy between a survey performed by Downer and another private survey. Downer claims that the survey accepted by the IBLA was not supported by evidence showing that the survey was consistent with the original survey of the property; that after the hearing, the IBLA changed the…