Crenshaw
Crenshaw v. Department of Veterans' Affairs
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
The only issue before the panel is the propriety of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (“VA”) decision to impose a one year Limited Denial of Participation (“LDP”) on Lorenzo Crenshaw, a certified real estate appraiser, pursuant to 38 C.F.R. § 44.700 , et seq. The LDP ran from January 29,1997 through January 29, 1998, and prohibited Crenshaw’s participation on the VA’s Northern California and Nevada fee panel for a period not to exceed one year. The district court granted summary judgment affirming the agency decision. We affirm.
On August 31, 1999, Crenshaw commenced this action in the Northern District of California against the VA, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA employees Donald Stout and Charles B. Biondo, and Sandra Murphy, an individual who is not a federal employee. 1 The VA moved for summary judgment. The district court granted the VA’s motion for summary judgment and all other pending motions in favor of the VA. The court entered judgment in favor of the VA on August 8, 2001.
A grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo. See Margolis v. Ryan, 140 F.3d 850, 852 (9th Cir.1998). We must determine whether the district court correctly applied the law…