Legal Opinion
Horton v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 19, 2014No. 13-3660UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Lanzie Carroll Horton, Jr., was found to be in violation of the Animal Welfare Act (“AWA” or “the Act”), 7 U.S.C. §§ 2131-2159 (2006), by an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”), who issued a cease and desist order to prevent further violations of the Act and ordered Petitioner to pay $14,430 in civil penalties. Both Petitioner and Respondent, the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (“APHIS”), appealed the ALJ’s decision to a judicial officer (“JO”), acting for the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (the “Department”), who…
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