Leslie Downer v. United States of America, Acting by and Through the United States Department of Agriculture and Soil Conservation Service

Leslie Downer was denied crop subsidy payments for his 1989 crop after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), acting through the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS),1 determined that Downer had violated the Swampbuster provisions of the Food Security Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3821-3824 (1994). Downer exhausted his administrative appeals and filed suit in federal district court, contesting the agency decision as arbitrary and capricious. The district court granted summary judgment to the agency. Downer appeals, and we affirm.

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