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BRANT v. CLEVELAND NAT. FOREST SERVICE

No. 87-5972.

843 F.2d 1222 (1988)

George C. BRANT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE; Regional Fiscal Officer, Michael D. Duffy; Ralph C. Cisco; Michael J. Rogers; United States Department of Agriculture — Forest Service; Office of Personnel Management — Civil Service Retirement System; Disbursing Officer, Jack Adams; Does 1 through 10, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice S. Pohl and John Scott Loosen, Copeland, Kemp, Lugar & Pohl, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Maria A. Iizuka, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before HUG, ALARCON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

The United States Forest Service charged Brant for the cost of suppressing a fire on his property. See Cal.Health & Safety Code § 13009(a) (West Supp.1988) (federal agency may collect debts for fire suppression "in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a contract, expressed or implied"). After Brant refused to pay, the Forest Service resorted to an administrative offset against his federal pension. See

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