Brown Bag Software v. Symantec Corp‪.‬

Billy Joe Bagwell, defendant/appellant, appeals a district court order evicting him from public land and declaring his mining claim invalid. Bagwell argues that he is entitled to possess and reside on the public land under federal mining law. The United States, plaintiff/appellee, asserts that Bagwells mining claim is invalid due to bad faith and that Bagwell therefore has no right to reside on public land. Bagwells appeal was timely, and we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1988). We affirm the district courts order.