Herbert J. Housen Potatoes and Vegetables Express v. Department of Agriculture

62 F.3d 1424 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Herbert J. HOUSEN; Potatoes and Vegetables Express, Petitioners, v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Respondent. No. 94-70011. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 14, 1995. * Decided Aug. 3, 1995. Before: SNEED, CANBY, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Herbert Housen and Potatoes and Vegetables Express, a company of which Housen is President and majority shareholder, petition for review of the United States Department of Agriculture's denial of their request for review of the determination by the Agricultural Marketing Services Fruit and Vegetable Division's PACA Branch that Housen was "responsibly connected" to Angell Foods, Nevada, a company charged with violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 7 U.S.C. Secs. 499a-499t (PACA). 3 The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) dismissed Housen's petition for review of the PACA Branch determination that he was responsibly…