Johnson v. United States Forest Service
Johnson v. United States Forest Service
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
As Trustee of the Absaroka Trust, Kimberly Johnson sought judicial review of an informal adjudication by the United States Forest Service (“USFS”) denying the Absaroka Trust’s application for a special use permit. See 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706. Because the facts are known to the parties they are not repeated here.
I
The Absaroka Trust is entitled to “adequate access” to its property, see 16 U.S.C. §§ 1134(a), 3210(a),
II
“[S]ummary judgment is an appropriate mechanism for deciding the legal question of whether the agency could reasonably have found the facts as it did.” Occidental Engineering Co. v. INS, 753 F.2d 766, 769-70 (9th Cir. 1985). Johnson failed to create any question of fact that would cast doubt upon the reasonableness of the agency’s findings. Summary judgment was appropriate.
III
Supplementation of the administrative record is strongly disfavored, save for exceptional circumstances not applicable here. See Camp v. Pitts, 411 U.S. 138, 142, 93 S.Ct. 1241, 36 L.Ed.2d 106 (1973); Cronin v. United States Dep’t of Agric.,
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
. Interveners ask the court to hold that 16 U.S.C. 3210(a), a provision of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, is inapplicable outside the State of Alaska. Cf. Amoco Prod. Co. v. Vill. of Gambell, 480 U.S. 531, 549-50, 107 S.Ct. 1396, 94 L.Ed.2d 542 (1987). Because the answer to this question does not alter our holding, we assume without deciding that the ANILCA provision is applicable in this case.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Kimberly JOHNSON, Trustee of the Absaroka Trust, Plaintiff—Appellant v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendants—Appellees, The Wilderness Society, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors—Appellees
- Status
- Published