Chris R. Farley v. United States Department of Agriculture

8 F.3d 26 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Chris R. FARLEY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Respondent. No. 91-70762. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1993. Decided Oct. 4, 1993. 1 Before: PREGERSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and LEGGE, District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Chris Farley petitions for review of the Department of Agriculture's decision finding him "responsibly connected" with Farley and Calfee, Inc., and prohibiting him from working as or for an agricultural broker for a period of at least one year. Specifically, he claims that: (1) the agency erred in applying a per se standard rather than a rebuttable presumption in determining who is "responsibly connected" within the scope of 7 U.S.C. § 499a(9), and (2) the agency erred in finding that he failed to rebut the presumption that he was "responsibly connected" with Farley and Calfee, Inc. We affirm. 4 I. Standard of…