Opinion ID: 2634480
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Text: [¶ 2] Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-3-114(a) (LexisNexis 2003) requires that a party must be aggrieved or adversely affected in fact to seek judicial review of an agency action. Likewise, the doctrine of ripeness prevents courts from `entangling themselves' in an administrative proceeding until a decision has been `formalized and its effects felt in a concrete way by the challenging parties.' Industrial Siting Council of State of Wyo. v. Chicago & North Western Transp. Co., 660 P.2d 776, 779 (Wyo.1983) ( quoting Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136, 87 S.Ct. 1507, 1515, 18 L.Ed.2d 681 (1967)). In light of these principles, the issue we must consider is whether this Court should review the Commission's finding regarding Jacobs' chronic abdominal pain, when he has not been denied benefits for his chronic abdominal pain.