Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit December 6, 1979, No. 77-3118 (Soderback v. Siler)

COWEN, Senior Judge:

The appellant, Soderback, is a seaman, holding a merchant mariner’s document issued by the United States Coast Guard. He brought this action in the district court pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706, to obtain judicial review of the Coat Guard’s denial of his applications for two different merchant mariner officer licenses.