Case Name: Michael JACOBSON, Petitioner, v. Ann VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-09-04
Citations: 18 F. App'x 441
Docket Number: No. 01-1534
Parties: Michael JACOBSON, Petitioner, v. Ann VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Respondent.
Judges: Before HANSEN, FAGG, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 18
Pages: 441–441

Head Matter:
Michael JACOBSON, Petitioner, v. Ann VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Respondent.
No. 01-1534.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 30, 2001.
Decided Sept. 4, 2001.
Before HANSEN, FAGG, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Michael Jacobson petitions this court for review of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) decision not to hold a referendum on its beef checkoff program. Because we lack jurisdiction to review the USDA's decision, we dismiss the petition without prejudice.
Absent a statutory provision conferring jurisdiction upon the courts of appeals, the district courts have exclusive jurisdiction to review those agency decisions subject to judicial review. See Jaunich v. United States Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n, 50 F.3d 518, 520 (8th Cir.1995); Noland v. United States Civil Serv. Comm'n, 544 F.2d 333, 334 (8th Cir.1976) (per curiam). The Beef Promotion and Research Act, 7 U.S.C. § 2901-2911, which governs the beef checkoff program, does not include such a grant of jurisdiction.
Accordingly, we dismiss the petition without prejudice.