Legal Opinion
Oregon Natural Desert Association v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 20, 2006No. 05-35637PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAEZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the narrow question whether the United States Forest Service’s issuance of annual operating instructions (“AOIs”) to permittees who graze livestock on national forest land constitutes final agency action for purposes of judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 702-706. The district court held that the AOIs were not final within the meaning of Section 10(c) of the APA, 5 U.S.C. § 704, and dismissed plaintiffs’ lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We conclude that the Forest Service’s action in issuing the…
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