Smith v. United States Dept. of Agriculture, No. 4:12-cv-362 RP-CFB, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121705 (S.D. Iowa Aug. 28, 2012)

(motion to dismiss suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; plaintiffs brought suit to remove county FSA office from the closure list; offices with fewer than two full-time employees that are located within 20 miles of another FSA office could be closed; because agency used wrong building in calculating distance between offices, plaintiffs argued FSA office to be closed was slightly more than 20 miles and agency was not permitted to close it; court held plaintiffs lacked standing to bring suit because they had no legally protected interest in location of FSA office and failed to allege any injury because the closing will not affect their farming operation in any material manner; further, plaintiffs fail to establish any legal wrong suffered by them due to agency’s decision, there is no final agency action against them upon which they can appeal and statutes do not create any private right of action; case dismissed due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction of court).