Ballanger v. Johanns

ORDER

PRATT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, John Ballanger, Jr. (“Ballan-ger”), seeks judicial review of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA” or “Agency”) decision that he converted a wetland for agricultural use under 16 U.S.C. §§ 3801, 3821-24, making him ineligible for certain federal benefits. Ballanger appeals a decision issued on May 17, 2005 by M. Terry Johnson, Deputy Director of the USDA National Appeals Division (“NAD”). In that decision, Johnson upheld Hearing Officer B. Dale Hicks’ March 23, 2005 decision finding: (1) that Ballanger converted wetland; (2) that the Agency…