Klump v. United States

*169OPINION

ALLEGRA, Judge.

“Two wrongs do not make a right. Two wrongs simply make two wrongs.”1

This case is before the court following trial in Tucson, Arizona. Plaintiffs cattle were grazing illegally on Federal land without a permit. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) eventually impounded the cattle and sold them at auction. Under the BLM regulations, plaintiff is owed the difference between the auction price for the cattle and the costs associated with the impoundment and sale thereof. Plaintiff, however, asserts that the costs billed by the BLM against the sale proceeds were grossly…