SHAFFER v. VENEMAN

No. 02-5009.

325 F.3d 370 (2003)

Lloyd SHAFFER, Appellant, v. Ann M. VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mona Lyons argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Catherine Y. Hancock, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Robert M. Loeb, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and ROGERS and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Chief Judge:

Lloyd Shaffer appeals the decision of the district court dismissing his case for want of jurisdiction. The district court held that Shaffer's claim, which was based upon a settlement agreement he made with the United States Department of Agriculture bringing to an end both his individual case and his participation in a class-action lawsuit against the USDA, was a contract claim in...

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