BRANDT-ERICHSEN v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

No. 91-35835.

999 F.2d 1376 (1993)

Viggo Thor BRANDT-ERICHSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT; United States Department of Interior, National Parks Service; Manuel Lujan, in his official capacity as Secretary of Interior; Charles Budge, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park; Richard H. Martin, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park; William P. Horn, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior in his official capacity; John Tiffany, Inspector for the Bureau of Land Management, Glenallen Detachment in his official capacity; Stuart Hirsch, Inspector for the Bureau of Land Management in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Brandt-Erichsen, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiff-appellant.

Apphia T. Schley and Andrea N. Ward, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before: HUG, POOLE and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Viggo Thor Brandt-Erichsen appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of the appellees, the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and its employees, on the ground that Brandt-Erichsen failed to obtain a "receipt upon final entry" triggering 43 U.S.C. § 1165 and therefore, did not obtain title to an 80-acre tract of land in Alaska. We affirm the district court's summary judgment.

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