Anderson v. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Opinion

CARMAN, Judge.

This matter is before this Court on a motion for judgment on the agency record 1 filed by Plaintiff, Mark T. Anderson, and subsequent to a voluntary remand requested by Defendant, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (“Defendant” or “USDA”). After considering all the briefs and other papers filed in this matter and for the reasons that follow, this Court holds that the USDA’s findings of fact with regard to this matter are supported by substantial evidence on the record and that the USDA’s legal conclusions are not arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise…