Trimble v. United States Department of Agriculture

ORDER

Phillip Trimble seeks review of a final order by the Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture issued on March 27, 2003, under the Horse Protection Act of 1970, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1821-31. The parties have waived oral argument and this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R.App. 34(a).

On February 4, 2002, Bobby Acord, Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, an agency of the Department of Agriculture, filed a complaint charging Trimble with violating the Horse Protection Act. The complaint alleged that Trimble was the trainer…