Woodsmall v. Lyng

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Ruth, Connie, and Lavina Woodsmall appeal the district court’s1 dismissal of their action seeking judicial review of the Farmers Home Administration’s (FmHA’s) denial of their rural housing loan application. The issues in this appeal are whether, or to what extent, the FmHA’s action is subject to judicial review, and whether the FmHA has failed to promulgate adequate written standards for evaluating creditworthiness. We affirm.

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Section 501 of the Housing Act of 1949, ch. 338, § 501, 63 Stat. 413, 432 (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. § 1471 (1982 & Supp. Ill 1985)),…