{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-400.96","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 400.96","heading":"Judicial review.","body":"Except as provided in § 400.98, with respect to adverse determinations:\n(a) A participant must exhaust administrative remedies before seeking judicial review of an adverse decision. This requires the participant to appeal an Agency adverse decision to NAD in accordance with 7 CFR part 11 prior to seeking judicial review of the adverse decision.\n(b) If the adverse decision involves a matter determined by the Agency to be not appealable, the appellant must request a determination of non-appealability from the Director of NAD, and appeal the adverse decision to NAD if the Director determines that it is appealable, prior to seeking judicial review.\n(c) A participant with a contract of insurance reinsured by the Agency may bring suit against the Agency if the suit involves an adverse action in a United States district court after exhaustion of administrative remedies as provided in this section. Nothing in this section can be construed to create privity of contract between the Agency and a participant.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER IV—FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 400—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS","Subpart J—Appeal Procedure"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"4c628d1be13f9fb9dba38bb2167f3e3277d1abf6f504ce1c430b634fbce805d3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-400.95","next":"us/7-cfr-400.97"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}