OALJ posts decisions and orders in four categories. 

Initial Decisions

Default Decisions

Miscellaneous Orders & Dismissals

Consent Decisions

OALJ also posts Agriculture Decisions, the official publication of decisions and orders issued in adjudicatory proceedings for the Department under various statutes and regulations.

Agriculture Decisions Publication

The Hearing Clerk's Office is responsible for maintaining and archiving the formal record in cases brought before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ). The Hearing Clerk's Office serves pleadings, submissions, and decisions and orders upon parties and certifies the formal record of proceedings to federal courts upon appeal.

Office of the Hearing Clerk
United States Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Stop 9203, Room 1031, South Building
Washington, DC 20250-9203

Phone: (202) 720-4443
Fax: (202) 720-9776

SM.OHA.HearingClerks@oha.usda.gov

• Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
• Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
• National Appeals Division (NAD)
• Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA)
• Office of the Judicial Officer (OJO)
• Rural Development (RD)

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Public Access Website
• National Agricultural Law Center, University of Arkansas
• National Agricultural Library
• Office of the Federal Register
• Recent PACA Reparation Cases
• United States Code