United States v. Welte

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BENSON, District Judge.

The above entitled case is before the court on defendant’s timely appeal from the United States Magistrate’s 1 judgment of conviction entered against him for violation of 16 U.S.C. § 668dd(c). Appellant was found guilty of placing drain tiles in a ditch out of a pothole on his property. The property, located in Grand Forks County, North Dakota and described as the NW1/», Section 28, Township 151N, Range 56W (tract 16X), was purchased by appellant subject to an easement in perpetuity. The easement grants waterfowl management rights to the United…