Beucke v. United States Department of Agriculture

MEMORANDUM **

Donald Beucke petitions for review of the decisions of the Secretary of Agriculture affirming the administrative law judge’s decision that he was “responsibly connected” to Garden Fresh Produce and to Bayside Produce. The Secretary had found that those companies had violated 7 U.S.C. § 499b(4), a provision of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 (“PACA”), 7 U.S.C. §§ 499a-499s, by failing to pay produce suppliers. Beucke also alleges a series of procedural errors by the Secretary over the course of the administrative hearings.

We “ ‘review final decisions in PACA…