Opinion ID: 673514
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Heading: Administrative Procedure Act Violations

Text: 27 Greenwood argues that his rights under the APA were violated when the FAA suspended and then did not renew his PED. He claims both that the FAA's internal procedures for handling PED suspensions and renewals were promulgated in violation of the APA, and that his PED was a license under the APA, which was not renewed in violation of APA procedures. Greenwood did not raise these claims before the agency, and thus he has waived his right to raise these claims on appeal from the agency's decision. See Howard v. FAA, 17 F.3d 1213, 1216 (9th Cir.1994) (no review of objection to an order of the National Transportation Safety Board unless raised to the agency, absent reasonable grounds for the failure to raise the objection); Reid, 765 F.2d at 1462 (court will not consider constitutional assertion that a procedural error resulted in an excessive sanction since assertion was not raised before the agency); Tiger Int'l, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, 554 F.2d 926, 936 n. 18 (9th Cir.) (when holding company did not argue to the Board that it was constitutionally required to hold a hearing before entering its order, company was not allowed to raise such an argument on appeal from the order), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 975, 98 S.Ct. 532, 54 L.Ed.2d 467 (1977). 28 Although there is some suggestion in the record that the FAA did not follow its own internal review procedures in the renewal process, Greenwood did not specifically and distinctly argue this matter in his opening brief. We therefore do not consider this matter on review. Miller, 797 F.2d at 738.