Intermountain Ranches, Ltd. v. United States

45 F.3d 436 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. INTERMOUNTAIN RANCHES, LTD.; Melvin H. Gardner; Belva H. Gardner; Lee C. Atkin; George L. Gardner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Mike Espy, ** Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15944. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 14, 1994. * Decided Dec. 21, 1994. 1 Before: TANG, REINHARDT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Intermountain Ranches had a permit to graze sheep on federal lands which the Forest Service revoked for failure to comply with the conditions of the permit. Intermountain appealed this decision, and lost, through two levels of administrative review and the district court. We have jurisdiction under 21 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 , and affirm. 4 * The Forest Service found that Intermountain had violated four separate conditions of the permit. The permit itself, and Department of Agriculture…