Lane v. United States

J. RANDAL HALL, CHIEF JUDGE

Before the Court are Plaintiff and Defendant United States of America's (the "Government") cross motions for summary judgment. (Docs. 9, 15.) Plaintiff, a farmer from southeast Georgia, challenges a decision issued by an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") with the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA"). The ALJ's decision found that Plaintiff made a false claim for crop insurance on his 2009 tobacco crop and that Plaintiff failed to properly report information as required by his crop insurance policy. The ALJ imposed an $11,000 fine and barred Plaintiff from…